Mitch
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 400 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,565since 1916
Mitch over time
Rank among boys' names. Mitch has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #2,462 | 36 |
| 1998 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 46 |
| 1996 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #1,623 | 56 |
| 1994 | #1,332 | 77 |
| 1993 | #1,444 | 65 |
| 1992 | #1,525 | 58 |
| 1991 | #1,467 | 60 |
| 1990 | #1,238 | 79 |
| 1989 | #1,094 | 93 |
| 1988 | #987 | 96 |
| 1987 | #1,067 | 80 |
| 1986 | #1,049 | 79 |
| 1985 | #1,011 | 81 |
| 1984 | #1,280 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,144 | 62 |
| 1982 | #969 | 86 |
| 1981 | #1,077 | 71 |
| 1980 | #1,042 | 75 |
| 1979 | #1,291 | 51 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #1,294 | 41 |
| 1972 | #1,060 | 58 |
| 1971 | #1,165 | 49 |
| 1970 | #921 | 75 |
| 1969 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #825 | 80 |
| 1967 | #836 | 73 |
| 1966 | #766 | 90 |
| 1965 | #651 | 131 |
| 1964 | #581 | 185 |
| 1963 | #453 | 304 |
| 1962 | #427 | 351 |
| 1961 | #396 | 400 |
| 1960 | #442 | 331 |
| 1959 | #462 | 295 |
| 1958 | #463 | 285 |
| 1957 | #539 | 207 |
| 1956 | #868 | 74 |
| 1955 | #898 | 68 |
| 1954 | #1,101 | 46 |
| 1953 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
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| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#273 · 1 in 3,637
- Wisconsin#400 · 1 in 6,928
- Ohio#612 · 1 in 13,440
- Illinois#796 · 1 in 14,105
- Texas#1,250 · 1 in 27,547
Best ever in a state: #129 in Nevada, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #273 | 6 | 1 in 3,637 |
| Wisconsin | #400 | 5 | 1 in 6,928 |
| Ohio | #612 | 6 | 1 in 13,440 |
| Illinois | #796 | 6 | 1 in 14,105 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 5 | 1 in 27,547 |
| California | #1,505 | 5 | 1 in 40,176 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1961 at #396 (400 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1955–1970
- 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%)
- 36.2% of all boys named Mitch (2,012) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,897 (1916) | #3,897 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,353 |
| 1940s | 102 | #1,519 (1948) | #2,502 |
| 1950s | 1,076 | #462 (1959) | #1,046 |
| 1960s | 2,012 | #396 (1961) | #631 |
| 1970s | 480 | #921 (1970) | #1,271 |
| 1980s | 775 | #969 (1982) | #1,072 |
| 1990s | 572 | #1,238 (1990) | #1,701 |
| 2000s | 298 | #2,428 (2002) | #3,466 |
| 2010s | 174 | #4,221 (2011) | #5,390 |
| 2020s | 54 | #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 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 25,228 of them was named Mitch, which outranked 85.2% 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).
- #1,073Emerson72
- #1,073Justine72
- #1,073Rustin72
- #1,077Mitch71
- #1,077Alfonzo71
- #1,077Anderson71
- #1,077Darrius71
- #1,084Chandler70
- #1,084Dameon70
- #1,084Dujuan70
Tied with 6 names at #1,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.