Name meaning & stats
Mildred
Mildred means “gentle strength” (Old English origin). 65,850 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“gentle strength”
Old EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
65,850 US babies were named Mildred between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mildred (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)