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

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Peak · girls
1920 · 18,060 births
Debut · girls
132 births
In top 100 · girls
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
451,415
since 1880

Mildred over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #6, 1920girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,96298
2024#2,08092
2023#1,837109
2022#1,870108
2021#1,926102
2020#1,96596
2019#2,33177
2018#2,07193
2017#2,25783
2016#2,36679
2015#2,15288
2014#2,26782
2013#2,43974
2012#2,73464
2011#2,55570
2010#2,61469
2009#2,64369
2008#2,25387
2007#2,14793
2006#2,43876
2005#2,40773
2004#2,20480
2003#2,00190
2002#2,06483
2001#2,17175
2000#2,03481
1999#2,34363
1998#1,89980
1997#2,02370
1996#1,84079
1995#1,73084
1994#1,84177
1993#1,67989
1992#1,537101
1991#1,343122
1990#1,439109
1989#1,244127
1988#1,217123
1987#1,227116
1986#1,129128
1985#1,263107
1984#963150
1983#1,019138
1982#880175
1981#948155
1980#939159
1979#922160
1978#829179
1977#748204
1976#649239
1975#615256
1974#555300
1973#539311
1972#509339
1971#493388
1970#453482#3,8367
1969#458451#4,4045
1968#435476
1967#384570
1966#351660
1965#329749
1964#322846
1963#308902
1962#297965
1961#293995
1960#2751,081#3,3377
1959#2451,266
1958#2311,312#3,9445
1957#2251,409#3,9935
1956#2001,636#2,9698
1955#1971,642#2,55810
1954#1801,835#3,8275
1953#1661,942
1952#1592,051#3,3736
1951#1462,184#3,3646
1950#1352,296#3,6815
1949#1202,635#2,8028
1948#1202,756#3,0107
1947#1093,118#2,6719
1946#1033,066#2,03013
1945#932,960#2,5748
1944#813,318#1,81015
1943#763,626#1,98614
1942#713,808#2,14512
1941#643,846#1,41123
1940#583,938#1,18332
1939#554,137#1,48920
1938#524,441#1,06237
1937#434,646#1,52820
1936#405,051#1,06836
1935#355,546#1,16532
1934#356,180#1,13334
1933#326,569#96143
1932#267,643#1,00443
1931#268,169#92249
1930#219,356#1,15137
1929#1810,255#93052
1928#1511,653#93852
1927#1113,053#99050
1926#913,547#94452
1925#914,453#1,02245
1924#815,853#1,07144
1923#815,989#96151
1922#816,412#1,08442
1921#717,880#1,08642
1920#618,060#1,13939
1919#617,300#1,02444
1918#617,258#1,03542
1917#616,256#94646
1916#615,633#96444
1915#615,254#1,03738
1914#711,649#89837
1913#69,921#87131
1912#68,764#97022
1911#86,271#58427
1910#85,692#70718
1909#85,054#61519
1908#84,624#56620
1907#84,277#69914
1906#93,873#64014
1905#83,758#57417
1904#93,525#64713
1903#103,088#45121
1902#142,750#58314
1901#142,424#8587
1900#202,800#69913
1899#172,291#9286
1898#282,101#8048
1897#331,723#9426
1896#391,620#7789
1895#391,474#9786
1894#501,220#9546
1893#601,008
1892#62959
1891#64761
1890#71635#8846
1889#69625#9745
1888#83499
1887#89373
1886#107289
1885#111245
1884#107247
1883#116183
1882#119172
1881#115154
1880#121132
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Mildred
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #6 (18,060 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: 24 yrs · run 1903–1926
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1887–1945
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1880–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 63
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Mildred (147,155) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,919#69 (1889)#104
1890s13,792#17 (1899)#46
1900s36,173#8 (1909)#11
1910s123,998#6 (1919)#7
1920s147,155#6 (1920)#10
1930s61,738#21 (1930)#37
1940s33,071#58 (1940)#90
1950s17,573#135 (1950)#188
1960s7,695#275 (1960)#345
1970s2,858#453 (1970)#631
1980s1,378#880 (1982)#1,083
1990s874#1,343 (1991)#1,767
2000s807#2,001 (2003)#2,236
2010s779#2,071 (2018)#2,379
2020s605#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 1951

girls
#146
2,184 births · 1 in 825 girls
boys
#3,364
6 births · 1 in 313,806 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #146Mildred2,184

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #3,364Mildred6
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 825 of them was named Mildred, which outranked 97.7% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mildred
  1. #143Annette2,253
  2. #144Lynne2,221
  3. #145Jan2,185
  4. #146Mildred2,184
  5. #147Carla2,172
  6. #148Paulette2,148
  7. #149Dolores2,141
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 313,806 of them was named Mildred, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mildred
  1. #3,066Yves7
  2. #3,066Zan7
  3. #3,066Zenas7
  4. #3,364Mildred6
  5. #3,364Abie6
  6. #3,364Abundio6
  7. #3,364Acey6
  8. #3,714Abbie5
  9. #3,714Abron5
  10. #3,714Acy5

Tied with 349 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951