# Mildred (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mildred/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “mild”, “strength” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪldɹəd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Milly, Millie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 452,998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,583 / 451,415 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).

## What it means

Mildred is grouped under strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 2,577 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,757 |
| 2013 | 74 | 2,454 |
| 2014 | 82 | 2,285 |
| 2015 | 88 | 2,159 |
| 2016 | 79 | 2,378 |
| 2017 | 83 | 2,265 |
| 2018 | 93 | 2,077 |
| 2019 | 77 | 2,347 |
| 2020 | 96 | 1,974 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,940 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,882 |
| 2023 | 109 | 1,841 |
| 2024 | 92 | 2,093 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,973 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 13 | 2,113 |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,805 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,215 |
| 1949 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 1950 | 5 | 4,028 |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,599 |
| 1952 | 6 | 3,608 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,180 |
| 1955 | 10 | 2,704 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,120 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,356 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,321 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,550 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,802 |
| 1970 | 7 | 4,101 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Norwegian: Mildrid
- Swedish: Mildred, Mildrid

## People named Mildred

- Mildred Harris, American actress (1901–1944)
- Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (1930-2017)
- Mildred Natwick, American actress (1905–1994)
- Mildred Dunnock, American theater, film and television actress (1901-1991)
- Mildred Gillars, American Nazi propagandist (1900–1988)
- Mildred McDaniel, American high jumper (1933–2004)
- Mildred Davis, American actress (1901–1969)
- Mildred Cohn, American biochemist (1913–2009)
- Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (1901-2000)
- Mildred Harnack, American-German literary historian, professor, translator; Resistance fighter and anti-Naz
- Mildred Fizzell, athletics competitor (1915–1993)
- Mildred Rebstock, American chemist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.