first name
MILLER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,879 people named Miller, 78.8% reported their origin as White, 9% as Black and 6% as Hispanic or Latino. 81% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Miller peaked in 2025, when 1,392 babies got the name.
At least 13,935 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Miller by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #747. The largest share of babies named Miller, 54.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Miller is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Miller has been most common in Georgia (3.7×), South Carolina (3.3×), and Alabama (3.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.18×).
8,631 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Miller ranks #7 of 156,621, with 1,129,186 people. See Miller as a last name
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