Milly

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Milly: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Milly: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #116 in 2004, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#519
1997	#332
1998	#312
1999	#311
2000	#307
2001	#298
2002	#147
2003	#130
2004	#116
2005	#137
2006	#132
2007	#152
2008	#163
2009	#192
2010	#205
2011	#231
2012	#341
2013	#368
2014	#307
2015	#377
2016	#391
2017	#503
2018	#568
2019	#519
2020	#700
2021	#581
2022	#630
2023	#608
2024	#686

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #686 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #519 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #116 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #686 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Milly appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 5,177 births with the name.

Milly across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Milly's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#519 (1996)	#116 (2004)	#686 (2024)	29 of 29	5,177 (1996–2024)	460 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#536 (2000)	#304 (2004)	#747 (2022)	21 of 23	150 (2000–2022)	16 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#430 (2010)	#440 (2013)	2 of 4	6 (2010–2013)	3 (2010)

Milly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Milly in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	376	4 of 10	94
2000sbusiest	3,153	10 of 10	315
2010s	1,351	10 of 10	135
2020s	297	5 of 10	59

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 315 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2001 and 2002, when recorded births rose by 184, from 122 to 306.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Milly appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in England and Wales in 2004.

Milly's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#686	55	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#608	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#630	60	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#581	67	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#700	53	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#519	78	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#568	73	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#503	86	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#391	116	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#377	120	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#307	150	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#368	123	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#341	142	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#231	220	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#205	243	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#192	276	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#163	327	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#152	366	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#132	412	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#137	389	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#116	460	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#130	380	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#147	306	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#298	122	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#307	115	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#311	109	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#312	115	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#332	103	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#519	49	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 460 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Millie-Rae · #1537, 18y
Millie-Rose · #624, 24y
Milo · #80, 31y
Milos · #356, 37y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Charley · #115, 31y
Emmie · #115, 30y
Neve · #115, 29y
Wren · #117, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y
Wilfred · #116, 29y
Adelen · #117, 20y

Milly was ranked #116 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Milly and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Milly without appearing here.

Milly moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #655 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #333 and #910.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #307 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #298 and #871.
Yvonne Compare
In 2009 they stood at #539 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #333 and #758.
Cameron Compare
In 2008 they stood at #689 and #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #539 and #893.

Moved ahead of Milly

Bailey Compare
In 2018 they stood at #512 and #568 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #621 and #296.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #519 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #460.
Mila Compare
In 2011 they stood at #231 and #261 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #341 and #160.
Beau Compare
In 2011 they stood at #231 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #341 and #169.

Moved the opposite way to Milly

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #332 to #686 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #332 to #686 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #311 to #686 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #311 to #686 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Milly

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #312 to #608 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #307 to #686 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Milly went from #147 to #686 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Audrey Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Milly went from #512 to #747 and Audrey from #406 to #905.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Milly

Milly at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Milly across 3 official records

Milly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Milly appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Milly

Milly and the names beside it

Milly moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Milly

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Milly at a glance

Milly across 3 official records

Milly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Milly appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Milly

Milly and the names beside it

Milly moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Milly

Moved the opposite way to Milly

Moved the same way as Milly