Milda
Milda is a Lithuanian and Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day is May 11.
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Baltic Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Milda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Milda is a Lithuanian and Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day is May 11.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Baltic Mythology
The Story of Milda
The earliest SSA record of Milda as a baby girl name dates back to 1888, when 8 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 38 newborns named Milda — #1,214 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Milda on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Milda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 878 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Milda
Milda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 878 births in the dataset. Milda's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,214. Use the chart and map above to compare Milda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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