Milton
Meaning and origin
From the English Milton.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Milton (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Milton has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 17 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2001 | 44 |
| 2002 | 27 |
| 2003 | 46 |
| 2004 | 68 |
| 2005 | 117 |
| 2006 | 112 |
| 2007 | 180 |
| 2008 | 171 |
| 2009 | 169 |
| 2010 | 196 |
| 2011 | 184 |
| 2012 | 180 |
| 2013 | 212 |
| 2014 | 246 |
| 2015 | 255 |
| 2016 | 245 |
| 2017 | 203 |
| 2018 | 229 |
| 2019 | 222 |
| 2020 | 192 |
| 2021 | 190 |
| 2022 | 179 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 201 |
| 2000 | 224 |
| 2001 | 272 |
| 2002 | 296 |
| 2003 | 337 |
| 2004 | 406 |
| 2005 | 520 |
| 2006 | 627 |
| 2007 | 808 |
| 2008 | 998 |
| 2009 | 1,169 |
| 2010 | 1,365 |
| 2011 | 1,547 |
| 2012 | 1,737 |
| 2013 | 1,951 |
| 2014 | 2,200 |
| 2015 | 2,455 |
| 2016 | 2,700 |
| 2017 | 2,909 |
| 2018 | 3,136 |
| 2019 | 3,372 |
| 2020 | 3,556 |
Milton in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Milton.Hi! My name is Milton.
- Milton har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Milton has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Milton i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Milton this afternoon.
- Miltons mamma är lärare.Milton's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Miltons mamma is Milton's mum.
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How do you pronounce Milton in Swedish?
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What does the name Milton mean?
From the English Milton.
How popular is Milton in Sweden?
179 babies were named Milton in 2022. In 2020, 3,556 people in Sweden had Milton as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.