Girls' name · since 1897
Mildreth
66 babies named Mildreth in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1897. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1897
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mildreth sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 66 recorded since 1897.
Mildreth has 66 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2024.
- #31,813 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1897
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mildreth ranks #31,813 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1897, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1897
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mildreth's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mildreth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mildreth's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1897 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mildreth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2024
- Peak year (1897)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Mildreth by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (33 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Mildreth's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Mildreth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 7
1890s
7 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 33 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Mildreth's decade-level peak was the 2000s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mildreth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1897)
Similar record span (~127 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1897–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mildreth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.