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Girl's name · #1973 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Mildred is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1912, when it ranked #6. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 451,000 girls since 1880, ranked #1973 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #1,585 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,974 in Canada (2025) · #4,201 in England & Wales (2025) · #17,873 in Italy (2024) · #3,127 in Austria (2021) · #6,483 in France (2019) · #352 in Ireland (1972) · #198 in New Zealand (1932).
Among 409 notable people named Mildred:
Artists & writers appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mildred J. Hill, Composer of the melody of "Happy Birthday to You" (1859–1916).
About 2,500 girls a year are given Millie as their full name and 110 Milly.
Similar names: Milly · Geraldine · Millicent · Bobbie · Mattie · Rosalind
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