Girls' name · peaked in 1913
Mildred name popularity since 1925
191,151 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mildred. Half of them were born in 1934 or earlier, so the typical Mildred is about 92 years old in 2026. Mildred peaked in 1913 as the #6 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 191,151
- Named Mildred, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1913
- #6 for girls that year
- Typical age
- About 92
- Median birth year 1934
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,973 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 190,339 girls · 812 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Mildred made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mildred births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Mildred peaked earlier, in 1913.
- Steepest fall: Between 1974 and 1979, Mildred's share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 4,890 to 1 in 10,000.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Mildred's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mildred.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mildred in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 62,961 | 251 | – |
| 1930s | 61,738 | 351 | #35 |
| 1940s | 33,071 | 141 | #93 |
| 1950s | 17,573 | 50 | #197 |
| 1960s | 7,695 | 12 | #329 |
| 1970s | 2,858 | 7 | #615 |
| 1980s | 1,378 | 0 | #1,267 |
| 1990s | 874 | 0 | #1,743 |
| 2000s | 807 | 0 | #2,426 |
| 2010s | 779 | 0 | #2,159 |
| 2020–25 | 605 | 0 | #1,973 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
55.3% of babies named Mildred from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Mildred is most popular
The index compares Mildred's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mildred.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.75× | 6,313 |
| South Carolina | 2.47× | 6,542 |
| Alabama | 2.36× | 7,891 |
| Arkansas | 2.30× | 4,482 |
| West Virginia | 2.30× | 3,821 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mildred's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mildred.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mildred (1913).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data