Mildred
#1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births · Last seen for boys in 1970 at #3,836
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 18,060 births
- Debut · girls
- 132 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 451,415since 1880
Mildred over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,962 | 98 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,837 | 109 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,926 | 102 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,965 | 96 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,331 | 77 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,071 | 93 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,257 | 83 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,366 | 79 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,439 | 74 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,734 | 64 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,643 | 69 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,253 | 87 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,147 | 93 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,438 | 76 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,001 | 90 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,064 | 83 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,034 | 81 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,023 | 70 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,730 | 84 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,841 | 77 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,537 | 101 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,343 | 122 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,439 | 109 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,244 | 127 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,227 | 116 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,129 | 128 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,263 | 107 | — | |
| 1984 | #963 | 150 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,019 | 138 | — | |
| 1982 | #880 | 175 | — | |
| 1981 | #948 | 155 | — | |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 | — | |
| 1979 | #922 | 160 | — | |
| 1978 | #829 | 179 | — | |
| 1977 | #748 | 204 | — | |
| 1976 | #649 | 239 | — | |
| 1975 | #615 | 256 | — | |
| 1974 | #555 | 300 | — | |
| 1973 | #539 | 311 | — | |
| 1972 | #509 | 339 | — | |
| 1971 | #493 | 388 | — | |
| 1970 | #453 | 482 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #458 | 451 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #435 | 476 | — | |
| 1967 | #384 | 570 | — | |
| 1966 | #351 | 660 | — | |
| 1965 | #329 | 749 | — | |
| 1964 | #322 | 846 | — | |
| 1963 | #308 | 902 | — | |
| 1962 | #297 | 965 | — | |
| 1961 | #293 | 995 | — | |
| 1960 | #275 | 1,081 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #245 | 1,266 | — | |
| 1958 | #231 | 1,312 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #225 | 1,409 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #200 | 1,636 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #197 | 1,642 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #180 | 1,835 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #166 | 1,942 | — | |
| 1952 | #159 | 2,051 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #146 | 2,184 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #135 | 2,296 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #120 | 2,635 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #120 | 2,756 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #109 | 3,118 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #103 | 3,066 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #93 | 2,960 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #81 | 3,318 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #76 | 3,626 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #71 | 3,808 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #64 | 3,846 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #58 | 3,938 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #55 | 4,137 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #52 | 4,441 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #43 | 4,646 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #40 | 5,051 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #35 | 5,546 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #35 | 6,180 | #1,133 | 34 |
| 1933 | #32 | 6,569 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #26 | 7,643 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #26 | 8,169 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #21 | 9,356 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #18 | 10,255 | #930 | 52 |
| 1928 | #15 | 11,653 | #938 | 52 |
| 1927 | #11 | 13,053 | #990 | 50 |
| 1926 | #9 | 13,547 | #944 | 52 |
| 1925 | #9 | 14,453 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #8 | 15,853 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #8 | 15,989 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #8 | 16,412 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #7 | 17,880 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #6 | 18,060 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #6 | 17,300 | #1,024 | 44 |
| 1918 | #6 | 17,258 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #6 | 16,256 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #6 | 15,633 | #964 | 44 |
| 1915 | #6 | 15,254 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | #7 | 11,649 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #6 | 9,921 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #6 | 8,764 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #8 | 6,271 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #8 | 5,692 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #8 | 5,054 | #615 | 19 |
| 1908 | #8 | 4,624 | #566 | 20 |
| 1907 | #8 | 4,277 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #9 | 3,873 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #8 | 3,758 | #574 | 17 |
| 1904 | #9 | 3,525 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #10 | 3,088 | #451 | 21 |
| 1902 | #14 | 2,750 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #14 | 2,424 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #20 | 2,800 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #17 | 2,291 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #28 | 2,101 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #33 | 1,723 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #39 | 1,620 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #39 | 1,474 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #50 | 1,220 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #60 | 1,008 | — | |
| 1892 | #62 | 959 | — | |
| 1891 | #64 | 761 | — | |
| 1890 | #71 | 635 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #69 | 625 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #83 | 499 | — | |
| 1887 | #89 | 373 | — | |
| 1886 | #107 | 289 | — | |
| 1885 | #111 | 245 | — | |
| 1884 | #107 | 247 | — | |
| 1883 | #116 | 183 | — | |
| 1882 | #119 | 172 | — | |
| 1881 | #115 | 154 | — | |
| 1880 | #121 | 132 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mildred was already there! It came in at #121, and was given to 132 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–2019, when fewer than 94 girls a year got the name.
Where Mildred is popular in 1899
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Mildred
- 118 spots since 2024 (#2,080 → #1,962)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #1,962)
- 190 spots since 2015 (#2,152 → #1,962)
- Biggest jump: 68 spots in 1982 (#948 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1985 (#963 → #1,263)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #6 (18,060 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 24 yrs · run 1903–1926
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1887–1945
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 63 girls born in 1913 were named Mildred (1.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #6 in 1920, was only 1 in 66 (1.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.6% of all girls named Mildred (147,155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,919 | #69 (1889) | #104 |
| 1890s | 13,792 | #17 (1899) | #46 |
| 1900s | 36,173 | #8 (1909) | #11 |
| 1910s | 123,998 | #6 (1919) | #7 |
| 1920s | 147,155 | #6 (1920) | #10 |
| 1930s | 61,738 | #21 (1930) | #37 |
| 1940s | 33,071 | #58 (1940) | #90 |
| 1950s | 17,573 | #135 (1950) | #188 |
| 1960s | 7,695 | #275 (1960) | #345 |
| 1970s | 2,858 | #453 (1970) | #631 |
| 1980s | 1,378 | #880 (1982) | #1,083 |
| 1990s | 874 | #1,343 (1991) | #1,767 |
| 2000s | 807 | #2,001 (2003) | #2,236 |
| 2010s | 779 | #2,071 (2018) | #2,379 |
| 2020s | 605 | #1,837 (2023) | #1,940 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mildred in 1899
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girls
233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 102 of them was named Mildred, which outranked 99.1% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 17,702 of them was named Mildred, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).