Mildred — #2093 US girls' name
451,312 babies named Mildred in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Mildred was born in this single decade.
18,060 babies were named Mildred in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mildred
The Social Security Administration has registered 451,312 babies named Mildred between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mildred currently holds the #2093 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18,060 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mildred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 147,155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mildred shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 32,946 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mildred in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mildred in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 451,312 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mildred at a glance
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Mildred popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1920)
- 18,060
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2093 among girls.
451,312 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 18,060 births in a single year.
Mildred popularity over time — boys
1,583 total births recorded since 1889 (Mildred as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mildred accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mildred by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 147,155 births that decade — 33% of Mildred's all-time total
Mildred decade highlights
- Peak decade 147,155 births
- Runner-up 123,998 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mildred's strongest decade
147,155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Mildred by state
Where Mildred concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 32,946 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 31,610 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 20,735 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 18,882 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Texas | | 18,163 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 17,197 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 15,748 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 14,447 | 3.2% |
32,946 of 451,312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mildred appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.