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Milton

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Milton

Say it: MIL-tun

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Meaning

English surname from a place name, 'mill town' or 'middle town'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Given in honour of the poet John Milton.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1910s

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1912per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 117,866 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1912, about 1 in 326 boys
  • 140 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Milton Hershey, chocolate maker

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Where this comes from

  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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