Mitchel

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#486
1958 · 260 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
13,287
since 1880

Mitchel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mitchel has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #486, 1958boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#6,19914
2023—#5,25518
2022—#6,14714
2021—#6,69812
2020—#5,98014
2019—#4,33723
2018—#4,09425
2017—#4,10525
2016—#4,09825
2015—#4,40722
2014—#3,53230
2013—#3,75327
2012—#3,11536
2011—#2,28456
2010—#2,51149
2009—#1,87377
2008—#1,71988
2007—#1,76084
2006—#1,479103
2005#16,4625#1,302117
2004#16,0995#1,225124
2003—#1,041150
2002—#924173
2001—#918170
2000—#750225
1999—#685246
1998—#642274
1997—#593299
1996—#565323
1995—#528366
1994—#498407
1993—#530375
1992—#607289
1991—#571313
1990—#573312
1989#10,8476#594269
1988—#595247
1987#9,8256#589236
1986—#634199
1985—#693161
1984—#677163
1983—#752132
1982—#758135
1981—#767130
1980—#889102
1979—#93089
1978—#92088
1977—#1,05467
1976—#93380
1975—#85794
1974—#93676
1973—#85286
1972—#770107
1971—#803100
1970—#82397
1969—#769103
1968—#660130
1967—#716107
1966—#618144
1965—#656128
1964—#590179
1963—#562197
1962—#554203
1961—#540217
1960—#527225
1959—#493252
1958—#486260
1957—#544202
1956—#536196
1955—#529192
1954—#593155
1953—#557161
1952—#552161
1951—#598135
1950—#616124
1949—#628118
1948—#671101
1947—#75882
1946—#74678
1945—#83057
1944—#84156
1943—#78769
1942—#87656
1941—#85055
1940—#96744
1939—#99241
1938—#92147
1937—#1,14833
1936—#1,24328
1935—#1,02039
1934—#88850
1933—#1,09436
1932—#1,05640
1931—#98345
1930—#1,09340
1929—#1,01045
1928—#1,03145
1927—#96452
1926—#85560
1925—#90955
1924—#1,03247
1923—#1,00848
1922—#89160
1921—#93956
1920—#85363
1919—#83961
1918—#88956
1917—#91948
1916—#92247
1915—#84653
1914—#77047
1913—#78936
1912—#73534
1911—#73219
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,0209
1908—#77912
1907—#63416
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0916
1904—#76010
1903—#7839
1902—#9337
1901—#9436
1900——
1899——
1898—#1,1215
1897—#8527
1896—#8268
1895—#68510
1894—#9546
1893—#65010
1892—#64111
1891—#8416
1890—#9945
1889—#6739
1888—#8157
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883—#8925
1882—#61110
1881——
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mitchel was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
  • 1,699 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,679)
  • 3,272 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 477 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #634)
  • Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1905 (#760 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1958 at #486 (260 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1938–1976
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,747
  • Highest: 1 in 4,747 boys born in 1994 were named Mitchel (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #486 in 1958, was only 1 in 8,163 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Mitchel (3,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#611 (1882)#760
1890s68#641 (1892)#840
1900s81#634 (1907)#895
1910s411#732 (1911)#849
1920s531#853 (1920)#949
1930s399#888 (1934)#1,044
1940s716#628 (1949)#795
1950s1,838#486 (1958)#550
1960s1,633#527 (1960)#619
1970s884#770 (1972)#888
1980s1,774#589 (1987)#695
1990s3,204#498 (1994)#579
2000s1,311#750 (2000)#1,299
2010s318#2,284 (2011)#3,624
2020s82#5,255 (2023)#6,326

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mitchel in 1954

boys
#593
155 births · 1 in 13,153 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #593Mitchel155
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 13,153 of them was named Mitchel, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchel
  1. #590Bryce156
  2. #590Kenton156
  3. #590Lonny156
  4. #593Mitchel155
  5. #593Coy155
  6. #593Merrill155
  7. #593Sergio155
  8. #597Delmar154
  9. #597Rolando154
  10. #599Shelby153

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →