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
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 5,370 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 164,063since 1880
Mitchell over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #952 | 245 | |
| 2024 | — | #904 | 259 | |
| 2023 | — | #835 | 291 | |
| 2022 | — | #816 | 305 | |
| 2021 | — | #800 | 306 | |
| 2020 | — | #726 | 342 | |
| 2019 | — | #700 | 358 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #645 | 399 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #651 | 396 |
| 2016 | — | #590 | 465 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #585 | 473 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #502 | 563 |
| 2013 | — | #457 | 616 | |
| 2012 | — | #465 | 588 | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #418 | 667 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #387 | 737 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #359 | 855 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #335 | 979 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #303 | 1,108 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #275 | 1,255 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #236 | 1,447 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #213 | 1,648 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #196 | 1,891 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #177 | 2,172 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #156 | 2,568 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #132 | 2,983 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #112 | 3,216 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #103 | 3,624 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #96 | 4,068 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #88 | 4,391 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #79 | 4,737 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #71 | 5,370 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 | #81 | 4,584 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #91 | 4,122 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #96 | 3,882 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #93 | 4,021 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #93 | 3,645 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #95 | 3,323 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #101 | 2,870 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #105 | 2,664 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #115 | 2,452 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #125 | 2,151 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #143 | 1,878 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #135 | 2,069 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #140 | 1,969 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #164 | 1,521 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #174 | 1,368 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #186 | 1,269 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #185 | 1,263 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #186 | 1,188 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #191 | 1,179 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | #183 | 1,231 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #187 | 1,217 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #179 | 1,366 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #189 | 1,344 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #179 | 1,541 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #168 | 1,653 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #166 | 1,622 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #158 | 1,696 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #163 | 1,729 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #159 | 1,878 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #137 | 2,384 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #127 | 2,710 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #128 | 2,832 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #118 | 3,201 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #126 | 2,973 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #127 | 2,964 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #127 | 2,846 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #125 | 3,025 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #136 | 2,403 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #137 | 2,274 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #141 | 2,145 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #151 | 1,884 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #157 | 1,758 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #175 | 1,439 |
| 1950 | — | #181 | 1,224 | |
| 1949 | — | #190 | 1,091 | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #217 | 861 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #229 | 792 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #235 | 664 |
| 1945 | — | #254 | 518 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #259 | 518 |
| 1943 | — | #268 | 513 | |
| 1942 | — | #271 | 488 | |
| 1941 | — | #305 | 355 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #312 | 325 |
| 1939 | — | #318 | 295 | |
| 1938 | — | #328 | 287 | |
| 1937 | — | #344 | 249 | |
| 1936 | — | #333 | 271 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #328 | 277 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #336 | 262 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #376 | 208 |
| 1932 | — | #350 | 249 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #332 | 274 |
| 1930 | — | #364 | 247 | |
| 1929 | — | #349 | 259 | |
| 1928 | — | #317 | 314 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #333 | 297 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #305 | 344 |
| 1925 | — | #306 | 346 | |
| 1924 | — | #297 | 366 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #290 | 372 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #286 | 386 |
| 1921 | — | #271 | 425 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #271 | 415 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #277 | 361 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #259 | 431 |
| 1917 | — | #261 | 380 | |
| 1916 | — | #274 | 346 | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #268 | 328 |
| 1914 | — | #264 | 272 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #282 | 196 |
| 1912 | — | #314 | 137 | |
| 1911 | — | #298 | 79 | |
| 1910 | — | #270 | 82 | |
| 1909 | — | #262 | 72 | |
| 1908 | — | #296 | 54 | |
| 1907 | — | #324 | 43 | |
| 1906 | — | #330 | 39 | |
| 1905 | — | #295 | 46 | |
| 1904 | — | #328 | 37 | |
| 1903 | — | #312 | 36 | |
| 1902 | — | #261 | 50 | |
| 1901 | — | #318 | 31 | |
| 1900 | — | #287 | 52 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #298 | 39 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #306 | 37 | |
| 1895 | — | #329 | 31 | |
| 1894 | — | #283 | 39 | |
| 1893 | — | #283 | 38 | |
| 1892 | — | #309 | 36 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #316 | 30 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #269 | 44 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #348 | 24 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #296 | 34 | |
| 1883 | — | #298 | 30 | |
| 1882 | — | #286 | 36 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #291 | 32 | |
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.
See more about Mitchell
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1994 at #71 (5,370 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1988–1997
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 360 boys born in 1994 were named Mitchell (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,972 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Mitchell (42,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #269 (1888) | #317 |
| 1890s | 346 | #283 (1894) | #306 |
| 1900s | 460 | #261 (1902) | #301 |
| 1910s | 2,612 | #259 (1918) | #277 |
| 1920s | 3,524 | #271 (1921) | #303 |
| 1930s | 2,619 | #318 (1939) | #341 |
| 1940s | 6,125 | #190 (1949) | #254 |
| 1950s | 21,962 | #125 (1957) | #146 |
| 1960s | 22,678 | #118 (1961) | #145 |
| 1970s | 12,966 | #174 (1979) | #184 |
| 1980s | 24,542 | #93 (1989) | #122 |
| 1990s | 42,015 | #71 (1994) | #91 |
| 2000s | 16,906 | #132 (2000) | #238 |
| 2010s | 5,262 | #387 (2010) | #540 |
| 2020s | 1,748 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 95,078 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 61.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,543Vesta17
- #3,543Virna17
- #3,543Zelma17
- #3,714Mitchell16
- #3,714Adella16
- #3,714Adelle16
- #3,714Adrena16
- #3,894Afrika15
- #3,894Aimie15
- #3,894Akiko15
Tied with 179 names at #3,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,187 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 96.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.