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Mildred

Girl

Origin of the name

Mildred comes from the Old English Mildthryth, made of milde, “gentle,” and thryth, “strength.” Saint Mildred was an Anglo-Saxon abbess of the 7th century.

Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1920, with 18,060 births and the No. 6 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 1962. 33% of all babies named Mildred since 1880 were born in the 1920s.
451,415births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 6rank at its peak, in 1920

Where babies named Mildred are born

1920

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The darker the blue, the more common Mildred is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mildred is most common in West Virginia (2.1 times), Arkansas (2) and Mississippi (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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