Mitchell

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #952 for boys in 2025, 245 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 5,370 births
Debut · boys
32 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
164,063
since 1880

Mitchell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #71, 1994boys
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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#952245
2024#904259
2023#835291
2022#816305
2021#800306
2020#726342
2019#700358
2018#13,7936#645399
2017#15,9025#651396
2016#590465
2015#16,4195#585473
2014#13,0697#502563
2013#457616
2012#465588
2011#11,1819#418667
2010#14,9596#387737
2009#9,97511#359855
2008#10,80710#335979
2007#10,12911#3031,108
2006#13,6067#2751,255
2005#7,50015#2361,447
2004#6,76817#2131,648
2003#10,4259#1961,891
2002#5,67320#1772,172
2001#5,36421#1562,568
2000#7,58013#1322,983
1999#7,23913#1123,216
1998#5,79917#1033,624
1997#6,48314#964,068
1996#4,88320#884,391
1995#5,95815#794,737
1994#4,68721#715,370
1993#3,15836#814,584
1992#3,86627#914,122
1991#4,20824#963,882
1990#4,69420#934,021
1989#3,78426#933,645
1988#2,74438#953,323
1987#3,74323#1012,870
1986#2,72435#1052,664
1985#3,24627#1152,452
1984#2,99229#1252,151
1983#3,43123#1431,878
1982#3,41824#1352,069
1981#3,06628#1401,969
1980#4,97814#1641,521
1979#3,90319#1741,368
1978#4,67914#1861,269
1977#4,06917#1851,263
1976#6,6118#1861,188
1975#4,59313#1911,179
1974#3,11022#1831,231
1973#4,15514#1871,217
1972#3,71416#1791,366
1971#3,50818#1891,344
1970#3,43518#1791,541
1969#3,95813#1681,653
1968#4,00012#1661,622
1967#3,21116#1581,696
1966#4,19810#1631,729
1965#3,73312#1591,878
1964#5,0088#1372,384
1963#3,63513#1272,710
1962#2,92218#1282,832
1961#4,00911#1183,201
1960#2,98917#1262,973
1959#4,03110#1272,964
1958#3,23214#1272,846
1957#3,93010#1253,025
1956#5,9525#1362,403
1955#4,3768#1372,274
1954#3,9679#1412,145
1953#3,9559#1511,884
1952#4,9086#1571,758
1951#4,3857#1751,439
1950#1811,224
1949#1901,091
1948#3,5939#217861
1947#4,0078#229792
1946#4,4176#235664
1945#254518
1944#3,3788#259518
1943#268513
1942#271488
1941#305355
1940#3,5037#312325
1939#318295
1938#328287
1937#344249
1936#333271
1935#4,2045#328277
1934#4,2865#336262
1933#4,2185#376208
1932#350249
1931#4,3315#332274
1930#364247
1929#349259
1928#317314
1927#3,8757#333297
1926#3,8737#305344
1925#306346
1924#297366
1923#4,9675#290372
1922#5,0095#286386
1921#271425
1920#3,9577#271415
1919#3,8177#277361
1918#4,2916#259431
1917#261380
1916#274346
1915#3,1348#268328
1914#264272
1913#3,1875#282196
1912#314137
1911#29879
1910#27082
1909#26272
1908#29654
1907#32443
1906#33039
1905#29546
1904#32837
1903#31236
1902#26150
1901#31831
1900#28752
1899#33628
1898#29839
1897#28839
1896#30637
1895#32931
1894#28339
1893#28338
1892#30936
1891#30829
1890#31630
1889#38821
1888#26944
1887#31128
1886#34824
1885#31229
1884#29634
1883#29830
1882#28636
1881#37520
1880#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mitchell was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#904#952)
  • 226 spots since 2020 (#726#952)
  • 367 spots since 2015 (#585#952)
  • Biggest jump: 89 spots in 1882 (#375#286)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1889 (#269#388)
Rise & fade · boys
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1994 at #71 (5,370 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1988–1997
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 360
  • Highest: 1 in 360 boys born in 1994 were named Mitchell (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,972 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.6% of all boys named Mitchell (42,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s298#269 (1888)#317
1890s346#283 (1894)#306
1900s460#261 (1902)#301
1910s2,612#259 (1918)#277
1920s3,524#271 (1921)#303
1930s2,619#318 (1939)#341
1940s6,125#190 (1949)#254
1950s21,962#125 (1957)#146
1960s22,678#118 (1961)#145
1970s12,966#174 (1979)#184
1980s24,542#93 (1989)#122
1990s42,015#71 (1994)#91
2000s16,906#132 (2000)#238
2010s5,262#387 (2010)#540
2020s1,748#726 (2020)#839

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.

Mitchell in 1964

girls
#5,008
8 births · 1 in 236,857 girls
boys
#137
2,384 births · 1 in 836 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #5,008Mitchell8

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #137Mitchell2,384
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 236,857 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 35.8% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #4,636Zettie9
  2. #4,636Zoila9
  3. #4,636Zola9
  4. #5,008Mitchell8
  5. #5,008Alandra8
  6. #5,008Aleathia8
  7. #5,008Alfreida8
  8. #5,474Abbi7
  9. #5,474Adriann7
  10. #5,474Aide7

Tied with 465 names at #5,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 836 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 97.0% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #134Melvin2,432
  2. #135Karl2,403
  3. #136Harry2,398
  4. #137Mitchell2,384
  5. #138Aaron2,381
  6. #139Dan2,370
  7. #140Jerome2,316
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964