Given name & surname
Milley
“woman of gentle strength”
Milley is a variant of Mildred. One English interpretation is “woman of gentle strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Milley is a variant of Mildred. One English interpretation is “woman of gentle strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Milley is a variant of Mildred. An origin associated with Mildred is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Milley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 0 boys · 82 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,494 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,494 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 1,687 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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