Meaning and history
This name comes from the Gothic name *Amalaswinþa, formed from amals meaning “unceasing, vigorous, brave” and swinþs meaning “strong.” Amalaswintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans brought the name to England as Melisent or Melisende, and Melisende was also the name of a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem and daughter of Baldwin II.
20062006: 41 births, rank #3,734
2007: 54 births, rank #3,168
2008: 62 births, rank #2,855
2009: 52 births, rank #3,189
2010: 68 births, rank #2,642
20112011: 68 births, rank #2,614
2012: 73 births, rank #2,495
2013: 97 births, rank #2,002
2014: 93 births, rank #2,081
2015: 83 births, rank #2,259
20162016: 120 births, rank #1,735
2017: 133 births, rank #1,625
2018: 120 births, rank #1,717
2019: 125 births, rank #1,679
2020: 99 births, rank #1,924
20212021: 135 births, rank #1,554
2022: 104 births, rank #1,918
2023: 114 births, rank #1,780
2024: 129 births, rank #1,613
20252025: 103 births, rank #1,896
Millicent moved from #984 to #1000 for girls between 1960 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1927, with 249 births.