girls:
1.9k births since 1915
#3929 (31st percentile)
boys:
9.6k births since 1880
#1200 (74th percentile)
overall:
11.4k births since 1880
#2461 (68th percentile)
The name Miller is the #2,461 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,446 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 68.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,200 (73.8% percentile) for all time with 9,583 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #3,929 (31.2% percentile) for all time with 1,863 births since 1915.
Miller has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1915 for girls).
The name Miller has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.7% of babies named Miller were boys.
For boys, Miller reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 49.1% percentile (ranked #464) with 305 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 305 births per million (ranked 49.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1988, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Miller is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #464 (49.1% percentile) with 305 births per million.
For girls, Miller reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 30.9% percentile (ranked #655) with 174 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 174 births per million (ranked 30.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2000, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Miller is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #655 (30.9% percentile) with 174 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miller".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Miller. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Miller is pronounced as MIH-ler, which has 2 syllables.
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