Mildred was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #6 in 1912 but is far less common today.
Mildred is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,973 for girl births in the United States (and #3,592 across all names), given to 98 babies. Mildred was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (18,060 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | #1,973 | — |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | #2,093 | — |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | #1,841 | — |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | #1,882 | — |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | #1,940 | — |
| 2020 | 96 | 96 | #1,974 | — |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | #2,347 | — |
| 2018 | 93 | 93 | #2,077 | — |
| 2017 | 83 | 83 | #2,265 | — |
| 2016 | 79 | 79 | #2,378 | — |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | #2,159 | — |
| 2014 | 82 | 82 | #2,285 | — |
| 2013 | 74 | 74 | #2,454 | — |
| 2012 | 64 | 64 | #2,757 | — |
| 2011 | 70 | 70 | #2,577 | — |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #2,632 | — |
| 2009 | 69 | 69 | #2,666 | — |
| 2008 | 87 | 87 | #2,262 | — |
| 2007 | 93 | 93 | #2,158 | — |
| 2006 | 76 | 76 | #2,453 | — |
| 2005 | 73 | 73 | #2,426 | — |
| 2004 | 80 | 80 | #2,224 | — |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | #2,014 | — |
| 2002 | 83 | 83 | #2,072 | — |
| 2001 | 75 | 75 | #2,184 | — |
| 2000 | 81 | 81 | #2,046 | — |
| 1999 | 63 | 63 | #2,362 | — |
| 1998 | 80 | 80 | #1,914 | — |
| 1997 | 70 | — | #2,037 | — |
| 1996 | 79 | — | #1,855 | — |
| 1995 | 84 | — | #1,743 | — |
| 1994 | 77 | — | #1,853 | — |
| 1993 | 89 | — | #1,690 | — |
| 1992 | 101 | — | #1,545 | — |
| 1991 | 122 | — | #1,348 | — |
| 1990 | 109 | — | #1,441 | — |
| 1989 | 127 | — | #1,247 | — |
| 1988 | 123 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1987 | 116 | — | #1,232 | — |
| 1986 | 128 | — | #1,133 | — |
| 1985 | 107 | — | #1,267 | — |
| 1984 | 150 | — | #968 | — |
| 1983 | 138 | — | #1,023 | — |
| 1982 | 175 | — | #883 | — |
| 1981 | 155 | — | #951 | — |
| 1980 | 159 | — | #944 | — |
| 1979 | 160 | — | #922 | — |
| 1978 | 179 | — | #832 | — |
| 1977 | 204 | — | #750 | — |
| 1976 | 239 | — | #651 | — |
| 1975 | 256 | — | #615 | — |
| 1974 | 300 | — | #556 | — |
| 1973 | 311 | — | #541 | — |
| 1972 | 339 | — | #509 | — |
| 1971 | 388 | — | #493 | — |
| 1970 | 489 | — | #454 | #4,101 |
| 1969 | 456 | — | #458 | #4,802 |
| 1968 | 476 | — | #435 | — |
| 1967 | 570 | — | #384 | — |
| 1966 | 660 | — | #351 | — |
| 1965 | 749 | — | #329 | — |
| 1964 | 846 | — | #323 | — |
| 1963 | 902 | — | #308 | — |
| 1962 | 965 | — | #297 | — |
| 1961 | 995 | — | #293 | — |
| 1960 | 1,088 | — | #275 | #3,550 |
| 1959 | 1,266 | — | #245 | — |
| 1958 | 1,317 | — | #232 | #4,321 |
| 1957 | 1,414 | — | #225 | #4,356 |
| 1956 | 1,644 | — | #200 | #3,120 |
| 1955 | 1,652 | — | #197 | #2,704 |
| 1954 | 1,840 | — | #180 | #4,180 |
| 1953 | 1,942 | — | #166 | — |
| 1952 | 2,057 | — | #159 | #3,608 |
| 1951 | 2,190 | — | #146 | #3,599 |
| 1950 | 2,301 | — | #135 | #4,028 |
| 1949 | 2,643 | — | #120 | #2,942 |
| 1948 | 2,763 | — | #120 | #3,215 |
| 1947 | 3,127 | — | #109 | #2,805 |
| 1946 | 3,079 | — | #103 | #2,113 |
| 1945 | 2,968 | — | #93 | #2,693 |
| 1944 | 3,333 | — | #81 | #1,860 |
| 1943 | 3,640 | — | #76 | #2,050 |
| 1942 | 3,820 | — | #71 | #2,225 |
| 1941 | 3,869 | — | #64 | #1,434 |
| 1940 | 3,970 | — | #58 | #1,199 |
| 1939 | 4,157 | — | #55 | #1,519 |
| 1938 | 4,478 | — | #52 | #1,072 |
| 1937 | 4,666 | — | #43 | #1,567 |
| 1936 | 5,087 | — | #40 | #1,085 |
| 1935 | 5,578 | — | #35 | #1,183 |
| 1934 | 6,214 | — | #35 | #1,145 |
| 1933 | 6,612 | — | #32 | #976 |
| 1932 | 7,686 | — | #26 | #1,020 |
| 1931 | 8,218 | — | #26 | #933 |
| 1930 | 9,393 | — | #21 | #1,167 |
| 1929 | 10,307 | — | #18 | #936 |
| 1928 | 11,705 | — | #15 | #943 |
| 1927 | 13,103 | — | #11 | #998 |
| 1926 | 13,599 | — | #9 | #952 |
| 1925 | 14,498 | — | #9 | #1,036 |
| 1924 | 15,897 | — | #8 | #1,087 |
| 1923 | 16,040 | — | #8 | #971 |
| 1922 | 16,454 | — | #8 | #1,100 |
| 1921 | 17,922 | — | #7 | #1,098 |
| 1920 | 18,099 | — | #6 | #1,149 |
| 1919 | 17,344 | — | #6 | #1,030 |
| 1918 | 17,300 | — | #6 | #1,054 |
| 1917 | 16,302 | — | #6 | #951 |
| 1916 | 15,677 | — | #6 | #970 |
| 1915 | 15,292 | — | #6 | #1,051 |
| 1914 | 11,686 | — | #7 | #905 |
| 1913 | 9,952 | — | #6 | #890 |
| 1912 | 8,786 | — | #6 | #984 |
| 1911 | 6,298 | — | #8 | #593 |
| 1910 | 5,710 | — | #8 | #724 |
| 1909 | 5,073 | — | #8 | #629 |
| 1908 | 4,644 | — | #8 | #575 |
| 1907 | 4,291 | — | #8 | #726 |
| 1906 | 3,887 | — | #9 | #668 |
| 1905 | 3,775 | — | #8 | #582 |
| 1904 | 3,538 | — | #9 | #673 |
| 1903 | 3,109 | — | #10 | #464 |
| 1902 | 2,764 | — | #14 | #606 |
| 1901 | 2,431 | — | #14 | #916 |
| 1900 | 2,813 | — | #20 | #720 |
| 1899 | 2,297 | — | #17 | #1,011 |
| 1898 | 2,109 | — | #28 | #861 |
| 1897 | 1,729 | — | #33 | #1,025 |
| 1896 | 1,629 | — | #39 | #809 |
| 1895 | 1,480 | — | #39 | #1,044 |
| 1894 | 1,226 | — | #50 | #1,040 |
| 1893 | 1,008 | — | #60 | — |
| 1892 | 959 | — | #62 | — |
| 1891 | 761 | — | #64 | — |
| 1890 | 641 | — | #71 | #960 |
| 1889 | 630 | — | #69 | #1,061 |
| 1888 | 499 | — | #83 | — |
| 1887 | 373 | — | #89 | — |
| 1886 | 289 | — | #107 | — |
| 1885 | 245 | — | #111 | — |
| 1884 | 247 | — | #107 | — |
| 1883 | 183 | — | #117 | — |
| 1882 | 172 | — | #119 | — |
| 1881 | 154 | — | #115 | — |
| 1880 | 132 | — | #121 | — |