girls:
96 births since 2013
#5620 (2nd percentile)
boys:
829 births since 1882
#3758 (18th percentile)
overall:
925 births since 1882
#6814 (12th percentile)
The name Mills is the #6,814 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 925 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 11.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,758 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 829 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,620 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 96 births since 2013.
Mills first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Mills is available in 79 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (79 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mills has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.2% of babies named Mills were boys.
For boys, Mills reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #899) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1882, with 66 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mills ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 28.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mills reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #942) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mills ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 92.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mills".
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