Name profile

Millard

A name meaning "guardian of the mill".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈmɪl.əɹd/; British English /ˈmɪl.əd/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#7,679

Meaning and history

Millard is an English occupational surname meaning “guardian of the mill,” derived from Old English.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 8 births, rank #9,019
2009: 6 births, rank #10,994
2010: 7 births, rank #9,693
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 7 births, rank #9,709
2013: 8 births, rank #8,789
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 9 births, rank #8,040
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: 9 births, rank #8,154
2019: 8 births, rank #8,889
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 5 births, rank #12,330
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: no US SSA record for this spelling
20252025: 10 births, rank #7,679

Millard moved from #897 to #937 for boys between 1969 and 1970. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 478 births.