Mildred
Mildred was given to 98 girls in 2025, #1,973 among girls’ names; 452,998 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 60,400 Americans named Mildred and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (13% of everyone recorded); the median is 78 years old and half are between 68 and 86.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mildred by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mildred mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mildred is “a female given name from Old English.” Its etymology gives the senses “mild” (milde) and “strength” (þrȳþ).
From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
/ˈmɪldɹəd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mildred?
#1,973 among girls’ names, 2025
Mildred rose from #2,159 in 2015 to #1,973 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 49.3 to 61.0 per million.
18,099 babies in 1920, the peak
Mildred peaked in 1920, when 18,099 babies were given it (18,060 girls, #6 among girls’ names). The 98 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,973 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,093 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,841 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,882 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,940 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,974 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,347 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,077 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,265 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,378 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | #2,159 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,285 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,454 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,757 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,576 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,632 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,665 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 87 | #2,262 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,158 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,453 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,422 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,221 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,013 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,069 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,180 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,042 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,359 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,911 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,034 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,853 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,739 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,848 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,686 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 101 | #1,542 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 122 | #1,344 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,437 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 127 | #1,244 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 123 | #1,220 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 116 | #1,232 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 128 | #1,133 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 107 | #1,267 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 150 | #968 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 138 | #1,023 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 175 | #883 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 155 | #951 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 159 | #944 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 160 | #922 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 179 | #832 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 204 | #750 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 239 | #651 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 256 | #615 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 300 | #556 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 311 | #541 | 0.21 |
| 1972 | 339 | #509 | 0.22 |
| 1971 | 388 | #493 | 0.23 |
| 1970 | 482 | #454 | 0.28 |
| 1969 | 451 | #458 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 476 | #435 | 0.29 |
| 1967 | 570 | #384 | 0.35 |
| 1966 | 660 | #351 | 0.39 |
| 1965 | 749 | #329 | 0.42 |
| 1964 | 846 | #323 | 0.45 |
| 1963 | 902 | #308 | 0.47 |
| 1962 | 965 | #297 | 0.49 |
| 1961 | 995 | #293 | 0.49 |
| 1960 | 1,081 | #275 | 0.53 |
| 1959 | 1,266 | #245 | 0.63 |
| 1958 | 1,312 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1957 | 1,409 | #225 | 0.69 |
| 1956 | 1,636 | #200 | 0.81 |
| 1955 | 1,642 | #197 | 0.84 |
| 1954 | 1,835 | #180 | 0.94 |
| 1953 | 1,942 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 2,051 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1951 | 2,184 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1950 | 2,296 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1949 | 2,635 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 1948 | 2,756 | #120 | 1.6 |
| 1947 | 3,118 | #109 | 1.8 |
| 1946 | 3,066 | #103 | 2.0 |
| 1945 | 2,960 | #93 | 2.3 |
| 1944 | 3,318 | #81 | 2.5 |
| 1943 | 3,626 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1942 | 3,808 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1941 | 3,846 | #64 | 3.2 |
| 1940 | 3,938 | #58 | 3.4 |
| 1939 | 4,137 | #55 | 3.8 |
| 1938 | 4,441 | #52 | 4.0 |
| 1937 | 4,646 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 1936 | 5,051 | #40 | 4.9 |
| 1935 | 5,546 | #35 | 5.3 |
| 1934 | 6,180 | #35 | 5.9 |
| 1933 | 6,569 | #32 | 6.5 |
| 1932 | 7,643 | #26 | 7.2 |
| 1931 | 8,169 | #26 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 9,356 | #21 | 8.3 |
| 1929 | 10,255 | #18 | 9.2 |
| 1928 | 11,653 | #15 | 10.1 |
| 1927 | 13,053 | #11 | 10.9 |
| 1926 | 13,547 | #9 | 11.4 |
| 1925 | 14,453 | #9 | 11.9 |
| 1924 | 15,853 | #8 | 12.7 |
| 1923 | 15,989 | #8 | 13.3 |
| 1922 | 16,412 | #8 | 13.7 |
| 1921 | 17,880 | #7 | 14.5 |
| 1920 | 18,060 | #6 | 15.1 |
| 1919 | 17,300 | #6 | 15.3 |
| 1918 | 17,258 | #6 | 14.9 |
| 1917 | 16,256 | #6 | 15.0 |
| 1916 | 15,633 | #6 | 15.0 |
| 1915 | 15,254 | #6 | 15.5 |
| 1914 | 11,649 | #7 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 9,921 | #6 | 15.9 |
| 1912 | 8,764 | #6 | 15.7 |
| 1911 | 6,271 | #8 | 15.0 |
| 1910 | 5,692 | #8 | 14.4 |
| 1909 | 5,054 | #8 | 14.6 |
| 1908 | 4,624 | #8 | 13.8 |
| 1907 | 4,277 | #8 | 13.4 |
| 1906 | 3,873 | #9 | 13.1 |
| 1905 | 3,758 | #8 | 12.9 |
| 1904 | 3,525 | #9 | 12.8 |
| 1903 | 3,088 | #10 | 11.8 |
| 1902 | 2,750 | #14 | 10.4 |
| 1901 | 2,424 | #14 | 10.1 |
| 1900 | 2,800 | #20 | 9.3 |
| 1899 | 2,291 | #17 | 9.8 |
| 1898 | 2,101 | #28 | 8.1 |
| 1897 | 1,723 | #33 | 7.4 |
| 1896 | 1,620 | #39 | 6.8 |
| 1895 | 1,474 | #39 | 6.3 |
| 1894 | 1,220 | #50 | 5.5 |
| 1893 | 1,008 | #60 | 4.7 |
| 1892 | 959 | #62 | 4.5 |
| 1891 | 761 | #64 | 4.1 |
| 1890 | 635 | #71 | 3.3 |
| 1889 | 625 | #69 | 3.5 |
| 1888 | 499 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1887 | 373 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1886 | 289 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1885 | 245 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 1884 | 247 | #107 | 1.9 |
| 1883 | 183 | #117 | 1.6 |
| 1882 | 172 | #119 | 1.6 |
| 1881 | 154 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 1880 | 132 | #121 | 1.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mildred a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mildred has been given almost only to girls: 1,583 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mildred: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mildred, and how old are they?
60,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 13% of the 452,998 Americans ever recorded as Mildred. The median Mildred alive today is 78 years old; half are between 68 and 86.
The 2020 Census counted 83,139 people named Mildred (82,988 women and girls, 151 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 90,511 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 24,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 25,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,440 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,830 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,210 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,170 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mildred born?
The states with the most babies named Mildred are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 32,973 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 31,634 | #1,339 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 20,735 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 18,896 | #1,010 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 18,204 | #2,836 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 17,225 | #1,389 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 15,754 | #1,493 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 14,447 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Missouri | 13,157 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Alabama | 13,010 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Mildred is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mildred is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mildred with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 453,253 babies since 1880, Mildred is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 98 of their 98 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mildred
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mildred and names like it
- Compare Mildred and MyldredBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMildred peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mildred since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Mildred: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Mildred.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mildred alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.