Mildred
Old English mild “gentle” plus þryð “strength.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
Old English for 'gentle strength,' a top-10 name of the 1910s and 20s.
Mildred appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1887 to 1945. It spent 24 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1920, when 18,060 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 6 nationally. All told, 452,998 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
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| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,919 | No. 69 |
| 1890s | 13,792 | No. 17 |
| 1900s | 36,173 | No. 8 |
| 1910s | 123,998 | No. 6 |
| 1920s | 147,155 | No. 6 |
| 1930s | 61,738 | No. 21 |
| 1940s | 33,071 | No. 58 |
| 1950s | 17,573 | No. 135 |
| 1960s | 7,695 | No. 275 |
| 1970s | 2,858 | No. 453 |
| 1980s | 1,378 | No. 880 |
| 1990s | 874 | No. 1343 |
| 2000s | 807 | No. 2001 |
| 2010s | 779 | No. 2071 |
| 2020s | 605 | No. 1837 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.