Millard
Masculine · “mill keeper”
Millard is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 16,743 boys against 33 girls since 1880.
Millard is an English and French surname that became an American first name through a president most people cannot place, and it means what it looks like it might: someone who kept a mill.
How old is the name Millard?
Millard was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Millard alive today was born around 1928, making them about 97 years old. About 4,200 people named Millard are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Millard most popular?
Millard peaked in 1887, reaching #185 nationally. Today it ranks #7679, 7,494 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mylenweard to Millard
The story of Millard
Millard Fillmore became president in the middle of the nineteenth century after the death of the man elected, and while his reputation has not thrived, his unusual first name entered American use in the years that followed. It is a small, clear example of a pattern that runs right through the American birth records: a president's name enters circulation whether or not the presidency is remembered fondly.
Meaningscholars disagree
mill keeper
Two readings compete. The surname is usually taken from Old English mylenweard, 'mill keeper', a real occupation attached to a real building. It is also derived from a Norman French personal name of Germanic origin, roughly 'strong in battle'. Both are old and neither has won.
How the name formed
- mylenweard
- Millard
Related forms: Millard
Pronouncing Millard
MIL-urd
Two syllables, stress on the first. The second is unstressed and light.
Nicknames for Millard
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1917421 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #185reached in 1887
- Change vs 2019
- +25.0%10 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Millard in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Millard in French — same name
Millards among us
people named Millard are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 170,808 born in 2025 was named Millard
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Millard sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Millard beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Millard in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented medieval occupation behind one of its two readings, which makes the meaning concrete.
- Genuinely rare, so a child will almost certainly be the only one.
- Two syllables and a straightforward spelling.
- The president it came from is a byword for being forgotten, and people who know the name know that first.
- The short form Milly now reads strongly as a girls' name, which limits what the child can be called.
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Frequently asked
- How many Millards are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Millard are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Millard in 2025?
- Millard ranks #7679 among US boy names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Millard?
- About 1 in every 170,808 US boys born in 2025 was named Millard — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Millard with classmates?
- Millard will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Millard
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