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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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 1981

girls
#3,066
28 births · 1 in 59,574 girls
boys
#140
1,969 births · 1 in 910 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #3,066Mitchell28

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #140Mitchell1,969
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 59,574 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 74.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #2,986Tiffanee29
  2. #2,986Tyeisha29
  3. #2,986Valeri29
  4. #3,066Mitchell28
  5. #3,066Aaliyah28
  6. #3,066Adelaida28
  7. #3,066Aide28
  8. #3,147Alondra27
  9. #3,147Ara27
  10. #3,147Arleen27

Tied with 80 names at #3,066; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 910 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,289 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. #137Randall2,010
  2. #138Walter1,990
  3. #139Evan1,972
  4. #140Mitchell1,969
  5. #141Willie1,967
  6. #142Manuel1,962
  7. #143Brad1,958
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981