Boy
Milton
Milton means "Old English place name" and comes from Old English, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. The registry counts around 114,187 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
Old EnglishOld English place name
EtymologyMeaning "mill town"
Births by decade
1900s
2,700
1910s
17,624
1920s
24,358
1930s
15,831
1940s
14,931
1950s
14,669
1960s
9,066
1970s
4,716
1980s
3,747
1990s
2,830
2000s
2,386
2010s
1,329
Peaked in the 1920s · 114,187 total U.S. births since 1900