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
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 260 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,287since 1880
Mitchel over time
Rank among boys' names. Mitchel has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,105 | 25 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,873 | 77 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,719 | 88 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,760 | 84 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,479 | 103 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,302 | 117 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,225 | 124 |
| 2003 | — | #1,041 | 150 | |
| 2002 | — | #924 | 173 | |
| 2001 | — | #918 | 170 | |
| 2000 | — | #750 | 225 | |
| 1999 | — | #685 | 246 | |
| 1998 | — | #642 | 274 | |
| 1997 | — | #593 | 299 | |
| 1996 | — | #565 | 323 | |
| 1995 | — | #528 | 366 | |
| 1994 | — | #498 | 407 | |
| 1993 | — | #530 | 375 | |
| 1992 | — | #607 | 289 | |
| 1991 | — | #571 | 313 | |
| 1990 | — | #573 | 312 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #594 | 269 |
| 1988 | — | #595 | 247 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #589 | 236 |
| 1986 | — | #634 | 199 | |
| 1985 | — | #693 | 161 | |
| 1984 | — | #677 | 163 | |
| 1983 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1982 | — | #758 | 135 | |
| 1981 | — | #767 | 130 | |
| 1980 | — | #889 | 102 | |
| 1979 | — | #930 | 89 | |
| 1978 | — | #920 | 88 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,054 | 67 | |
| 1976 | — | #933 | 80 | |
| 1975 | — | #857 | 94 | |
| 1974 | — | #936 | 76 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #770 | 107 | |
| 1971 | — | #803 | 100 | |
| 1970 | — | #823 | 97 | |
| 1969 | — | #769 | 103 | |
| 1968 | — | #660 | 130 | |
| 1967 | — | #716 | 107 | |
| 1966 | — | #618 | 144 | |
| 1965 | — | #656 | 128 | |
| 1964 | — | #590 | 179 | |
| 1963 | — | #562 | 197 | |
| 1962 | — | #554 | 203 | |
| 1961 | — | #540 | 217 | |
| 1960 | — | #527 | 225 | |
| 1959 | — | #493 | 252 | |
| 1958 | — | #486 | 260 | |
| 1957 | — | #544 | 202 | |
| 1956 | — | #536 | 196 | |
| 1955 | — | #529 | 192 | |
| 1954 | — | #593 | 155 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #552 | 161 | |
| 1951 | — | #598 | 135 | |
| 1950 | — | #616 | 124 | |
| 1949 | — | #628 | 118 | |
| 1948 | — | #671 | 101 | |
| 1947 | — | #758 | 82 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #876 | 56 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #921 | 47 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,020 | 39 | |
| 1934 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,094 | 36 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,010 | 45 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,031 | 45 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #855 | 60 | |
| 1925 | — | #909 | 55 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #939 | 56 | |
| 1920 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #889 | 56 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #922 | 47 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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.
See more about Mitchel
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1958 at #486 (260 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1938–1976
- 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
- 24.1% of all boys named Mitchel (3,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #611 (1882) | #760 |
| 1890s | 68 | #641 (1892) | #840 |
| 1900s | 81 | #634 (1907) | #895 |
| 1910s | 411 | #732 (1911) | #849 |
| 1920s | 531 | #853 (1920) | #949 |
| 1930s | 399 | #888 (1934) | #1,044 |
| 1940s | 716 | #628 (1949) | #795 |
| 1950s | 1,838 | #486 (1958) | #550 |
| 1960s | 1,633 | #527 (1960) | #619 |
| 1970s | 884 | #770 (1972) | #888 |
| 1980s | 1,774 | #589 (1987) | #695 |
| 1990s | 3,204 | #498 (1994) | #579 |
| 2000s | 1,311 | #750 (2000) | #1,299 |
| 2010s | 318 | #2,284 (2011) | #3,624 |
| 2020s | 82 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 289,772 of them was named Mitchel, which outranked 25.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,778Zora7
- #8,778Zuleyma7
- #8,778Zuly7
- #9,825Mitchel6
- #9,825Abbigayle6
- #9,825Abibail6
- #9,825Abiola6
- #11,325Aarica5
- #11,325Abbigale5
- #11,325Abel5
Tied with 1,499 names at #9,825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 7,911 of them was named Mitchel, which outranked 92.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).