Mills
Mills was the 2783rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 738th; the most babies were born in 2025 (46). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,123 places. More babies were named Mills in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,783 boys, up 918 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46boys
- Girls and boys
- 29% girls, 71% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202546 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,045babies recorded
Mills popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,382 | #2,783 | 15 | 46 |
| 2020 | #14,553 | #3,701 | 6 | 29 |
| 2010 | — | #9,380 | — | 8 |
| 2000 | — | #5,228 | — | 14 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | #2,948 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | #3,040 | — | 7 |
| 1930 | — | #4,366 | — | 5 |
| 1920 | — | #2,302 | — | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | #1,266 | — | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Mills, counting every spelling?
Mills is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills | 46 | #2,783 | 183 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mills?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mills (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mills born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mills.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mills?
About 600 people born in the US named Mills are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 24. That makes Mills a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mills by state
How common Mills was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mills: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mills, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mills
How popular is the name Mills?
Mills was the 2783rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 738th; the most babies were born in 2025 (46). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,123 places. More babies were named Mills in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Mills a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 29% girls, 71% boys given the name Mills in the US.
Where is Mills most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mills was most common in South Carolina (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Alabama.