Mildred
Girl · Old English
Vintage revival
Mildred is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “mild”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,962nd for girls in the US (98 babies).
What does Mildred mean?
Old English
“mild”
A female given name from Old English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mildred a girl's or a boy's name?
Mildred is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 98 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mildred in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Mildred, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mildred in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#72), 1914 (#80) and 1924 (#85).
Mildred in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mildred in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,962among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were named Mildred, making it the 1,962nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,965th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 18,060 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mildred in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1931, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mildred in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,837 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,870 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,965 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 |
| 2015 | 88 | #2,152 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,642 |
| 2008 | 87 | #2,253 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,201 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,061 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,726 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 101 | #1,534 |
| 1991 | 122 | #1,339 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,435 |
| 1989 | 127 | #1,241 |
| 1988 | 123 | #1,216 |
| 1987 | 116 | #1,227 |
| 1986 | 128 | #1,129 |
| 1985 | 107 | #1,263 |
| 1984 | 150 | #963 |
| 1983 | 138 | #1,019 |
| 1982 | 175 | #880 |
| 1981 | 155 | #948 |
| 1980 | 159 | #939 |
| 1979 | 160 | #922 |
| 1978 | 179 | #829 |
| 1977 | 204 | #748 |
| 1976 | 239 | #649 |
| 1975 | 256 | #615 |
| 1974 | 300 | #555 |
| 1973 | 311 | #539 |
| 1972 | 339 | #509 |
| 1971 | 388 | #493 |
| 1970 | 482 | #453 |
| 1969 | 451 | #458 |
| 1968 | 476 | #435 |
| 1967 | 570 | #384 |
| 1966 | 660 | #351 |
| 1965 | 749 | #329 |
| 1964 | 846 | #322 |
| 1963 | 902 | #308 |
| 1962 | 965 | #297 |
| 1961 | 995 | #293 |
| 1960 | 1,081 | #275 |
| 1959 | 1,266 | #245 |
| 1958 | 1,312 | #231 |
| 1957 | 1,409 | #225 |
| 1956 | 1,636 | #200 |
| 1955 | 1,642 | #197 |
| 1954 | 1,835 | #180 |
| 1953 | 1,942 | #166 |
| 1952 | 2,051 | #159 |
| 1951 | 2,184 | #146 |
| 1950 | 2,296 | #135 |
| 1949 | 2,635 | #120 |
| 1948 | 2,756 | #120 |
| 1947 | 3,118 | #109 |
| 1946 | 3,066 | #103 |
| 1945 | 2,960 | #93 |
| 1944 | 3,318 | #81 |
| 1943 | 3,626 | #76 |
| 1942 | 3,808 | #71 |
| 1941 | 3,846 | #64 |
| 1940 | 3,938 | #58 |
| 1939 | 4,137 | #55 |
| 1938 | 4,441 | #52 |
| 1937 | 4,646 | #43 |
| 1936 | 5,051 | #40 |
| 1935 | 5,546 | #35 |
| 1934 | 6,180 | #35 |
| 1933 | 6,569 | #32 |
| 1932 | 7,643 | #26 |
| 1931 | 8,169 | #26 |
| 1930 | 9,356 | #21 |
| 1929 | 10,255 | #18 |
| 1928 | 11,653 | #15 |
| 1927 | 13,053 | #11 |
| 1926 | 13,547 | #9 |
| 1925 | 14,453 | #9 |
| 1924 | 15,853 | #8 |
| 1923 | 15,989 | #8 |
| 1922 | 16,412 | #8 |
| 1921 | 17,880 | #7 |
| 1920 | 18,060 | #6 |
| 1919 | 17,300 | #6 |
| 1918 | 17,258 | #6 |
| 1917 | 16,256 | #6 |
| 1916 | 15,633 | #6 |
| 1915 | 15,254 | #6 |
| 1914 | 11,649 | #7 |
| 1913 | 9,921 | #6 |
| 1912 | 8,764 | #6 |
| 1911 | 6,271 | #8 |
| 1910 | 5,692 | #8 |
| 1909 | 5,054 | #8 |
| 1908 | 4,624 | #8 |
| 1907 | 4,277 | #8 |
| 1906 | 3,873 | #9 |
| 1905 | 3,758 | #8 |
| 1904 | 3,525 | #9 |
| 1903 | 3,088 | #10 |
| 1902 | 2,750 | #14 |
| 1901 | 2,424 | #14 |
| 1900 | 2,800 | #20 |
| 1899 | 2,291 | #17 |
| 1898 | 2,101 | #28 |
| 1897 | 1,723 | #33 |
| 1896 | 1,620 | #39 |
| 1895 | 1,474 | #39 |
| 1894 | 1,220 | #50 |
| 1893 | 1,008 | #60 |
| 1892 | 959 | #62 |
| 1891 | 761 | #64 |
| 1890 | 635 | #71 |
| 1889 | 625 | #69 |
| 1888 | 499 | #83 |
| 1887 | 373 | #89 |
| 1886 | 289 | #107 |
| 1885 | 245 | #111 |
| 1884 | 247 | #107 |
| 1883 | 183 | #116 |
| 1882 | 172 | #119 |
| 1881 | 154 | #115 |
| 1880 | 132 | #121 |
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