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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

girls
#4,978
14 births · 1 in 118,593 girls
boys
#164
1,521 births · 1 in 1,173 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #4,978Mitchell14

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #164Mitchell1,521
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 118,593 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 59.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #4,743Yetta15
  2. #4,743Yvonna15
  3. #4,743Zinnia15
  4. #4,978Mitchell14
  5. #4,978Aaren14
  6. #4,978Ainsley14
  7. #4,978Alonna14
  8. #5,245Aarin13
  9. #5,245Abi13
  10. #5,245Adelia13

Tied with 266 names at #4,978; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,173 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 97.8% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #161Frederick1,606
  2. #162Maurice1,556
  3. #163Darren1,533
  4. #164Mitchell1,521
  5. #165Ruben1,487
  6. #166Reginald1,480
  7. #167Jaime1,462
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

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

See the top 100 for 1980