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Mildred

Pronounced /ˈmɪldɹəd/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1926 · #946
Origin
Old English
Also recorded for girls:91 in 2024 (#2,095)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Mildred in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1926 with 52 babies, ranked #946.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1889.
  • 1,583 boys have been named Mildred since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Mildred per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. 0
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 853 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 559 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 94 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name from Old English.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈmɪldɹəd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Mildred, CC BY-SA 4.0.