Mitch

#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births

Peak · boys
1961 · 400 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,565
since 1916

Mitch over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mitch has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #396, 1961boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#7,76510
2023#6,89712
2022#10,8636
2021#9,7147
2020#6,29613
2019#7,64310
2018#5,32017
2017#4,59421
2016#5,31817
2015#5,50716
2014#4,86619
2013#7,02611
2012#5,03518
2011#4,22123
2010#4,36622
2009#4,58221
2008#5,06718
2007#3,68728
2006#4,52020
2005#3,02234
2004#3,21730
2003#3,11930
2002#2,42841
2001#2,48939
2000#2,52537
1999#2,46236
1998#1,74158
1997#1,96446
1996#2,21837
1995#1,62356
1994#1,33277
1993#1,44465
1992#1,52558
1991#1,46760
1990#1,23879
1989#1,09493
1988#98796
1987#1,06780
1986#1,04979
1985#1,01181
1984#1,28052
1983#1,14462
1982#96986
1981#1,07771
1980#1,04275
1979#1,29151
1978#1,32647
1977#1,57135
1976#1,50236
1975#1,37840
1974#1,19848
1973#1,29441
1972#1,06058
1971#1,16549
1970#92175
1969#93167
1968#82580
1967#83673
1966#76690
1965#651131
1964#581185
1963#453304
1962#427351
1961#396400
1960#442331
1959#462295
1958#463285
1957#539207
1956#86874
1955#89868
1954#1,10146
1953#1,35731
1952#1,43028
1951#1,46226
1950#1,87916
1949#1,70219
1948#1,51923
1947#1,98815
1946#2,27111
1945#2,24210
1944#3,4305
1943#2,9647
1942#2,9407
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1940#3,4595
1939#3,1136
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1934#3,6795
1933#3,2686
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Mitch! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1932, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mitch is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedNHWashington: #231 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,037 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #293 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,064 boysMNIllinois: #549 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,246 boysILWisconsin: #259 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,792 boysWIMichigan: #466 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,044 boysMINew York: #919 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 34,961 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedRIOregon: #290 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,868 boysORNevada: #129 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 562 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedSDIowa: #275 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,231 boysIAIndiana: #337 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,752 boysINOhio: #421 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,789 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #319 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 3,225 boysCAUtah: #244 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,724 boysUTColorado: #254 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,961 boysCONebraska: #201 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,616 boysNEMissouri: #292 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,321 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedNMKansas: #236 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,831 boysKSArkansas: #361 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,913 boysARTennessee: #351 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,304 boysTNNorth Carolina: #548 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,291 boysNCSouth Carolina: #338 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,403 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #217 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,472 boysOKLouisiana: #466 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,054 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedMSAlabama: #412 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,197 boysALGeorgia: #394 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,689 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mitch, so not publishedHITexas: #527 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 6,280 boysTXFlorida: #612 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,837 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#129 · 1 in 562
  2. Nebraska#201 · 1 in 1,616
  3. Oklahoma#217 · 1 in 1,472
  4. Washington#231 · 1 in 2,037
  5. Kansas#236 · 1 in 1,831

Best ever in a state: #129 in Nevada, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#12961 in 562
Nebraska#201101 in 1,616
Oklahoma#217161 in 1,472
Washington#231151 in 2,037
Kansas#236121 in 1,831
Utah#24471 in 1,724
Colorado#254111 in 1,961
Wisconsin#259121 in 3,792
Iowa#27591 in 3,231
Oregon#29061 in 2,868
Missouri#292141 in 3,321
Minnesota#29381 in 5,064
California#319581 in 3,225
Indiana#337111 in 4,752
South Carolina#33881 in 3,403
Tennessee#35191 in 4,304
Arkansas#36151 in 3,913
Georgia#394101 in 4,689
Alabama#41271 in 5,197
Ohio#421121 in 8,789
Louisiana#46681 in 5,054
Michigan#46681 in 11,044
Texas#527191 in 6,280
North Carolina#54851 in 10,291
Illinois#54991 in 12,246
Florida#61251 in 10,837
New York#91951 in 34,961
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mitch
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,930 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #10,695)
  • 4,399 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #10,695)
  • 5,188 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1957 (#868 → #539)
  • Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1971 (#921 → #1,165)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1961 at #396 (400 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1955–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,310
  • Highest: 1 in 5,310 boys born in 1961 were named Mitch (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 36.2% of all boys named Mitch (2,012) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s0——
1930s17#3,113 (1939)#3,353
1940s102#1,519 (1948)#2,502
1950s1,076#462 (1959)#1,046
1960s2,012#396 (1961)#631
1970s480#921 (1970)#1,271
1980s775#969 (1982)#1,072
1990s572#1,238 (1990)#1,701
2000s298#2,428 (2002)#3,466
2010s174#4,221 (2011)#5,390
2020s54#6,296 (2020)#8,705

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.

Mitch in 1962

boys
#427
351 births · 1 in 5,894 boys

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #427Mitch351
More about 1962

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 5,894 of them was named Mitch, which outranked 90.8% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitch
  1. #424Dallas354
  2. #424Darnell354
  3. #426Alfonso353
  4. #427Mitch351
  5. #428Colin350
  6. #428Owen350
  7. #430Wilbert345
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →