Mitchel
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 260 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,287since 1880
Mitchel over time
Rank among boys' names. Mitchel has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,337 | 23 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,105 | 25 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,115 | 36 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,873 | 77 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,719 | 88 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,760 | 84 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,479 | 103 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,302 | 117 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,225 | 124 |
| 2003 | — | #1,041 | 150 | |
| 2002 | — | #924 | 173 | |
| 2001 | — | #918 | 170 | |
| 2000 | — | #750 | 225 | |
| 1999 | — | #685 | 246 | |
| 1998 | — | #642 | 274 | |
| 1997 | — | #593 | 299 | |
| 1996 | — | #565 | 323 | |
| 1995 | — | #528 | 366 | |
| 1994 | — | #498 | 407 | |
| 1993 | — | #530 | 375 | |
| 1992 | — | #607 | 289 | |
| 1991 | — | #571 | 313 | |
| 1990 | — | #573 | 312 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #594 | 269 |
| 1988 | — | #595 | 247 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #589 | 236 |
| 1986 | — | #634 | 199 | |
| 1985 | — | #693 | 161 | |
| 1984 | — | #677 | 163 | |
| 1983 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1982 | — | #758 | 135 | |
| 1981 | — | #767 | 130 | |
| 1980 | — | #889 | 102 | |
| 1979 | — | #930 | 89 | |
| 1978 | — | #920 | 88 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,054 | 67 | |
| 1976 | — | #933 | 80 | |
| 1975 | — | #857 | 94 | |
| 1974 | — | #936 | 76 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #770 | 107 | |
| 1971 | — | #803 | 100 | |
| 1970 | — | #823 | 97 | |
| 1969 | — | #769 | 103 | |
| 1968 | — | #660 | 130 | |
| 1967 | — | #716 | 107 | |
| 1966 | — | #618 | 144 | |
| 1965 | — | #656 | 128 | |
| 1964 | — | #590 | 179 | |
| 1963 | — | #562 | 197 | |
| 1962 | — | #554 | 203 | |
| 1961 | — | #540 | 217 | |
| 1960 | — | #527 | 225 | |
| 1959 | — | #493 | 252 | |
| 1958 | — | #486 | 260 | |
| 1957 | — | #544 | 202 | |
| 1956 | — | #536 | 196 | |
| 1955 | — | #529 | 192 | |
| 1954 | — | #593 | 155 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #552 | 161 | |
| 1951 | — | #598 | 135 | |
| 1950 | — | #616 | 124 | |
| 1949 | — | #628 | 118 | |
| 1948 | — | #671 | 101 | |
| 1947 | — | #758 | 82 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #876 | 56 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1938 | — | #921 | 47 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,020 | 39 | |
| 1934 | — | #888 | 50 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,094 | 36 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #983 | 45 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,093 | 40 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,010 | 45 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,031 | 45 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #855 | 60 | |
| 1925 | — | #909 | 55 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #939 | 56 | |
| 1920 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1919 | — | #839 | 61 | |
| 1918 | — | #889 | 56 | |
| 1917 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1916 | — | #922 | 47 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #789 | 36 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mitchel was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mitchel is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Mitchel
- 1,480 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,679)
- 1,699 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,679)
- 3,272 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 477 spots in 1907 (#1,111 → #634)
- Biggest drop: 331 spots in 1905 (#760 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1958 at #486 (260 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1938–1976
- Highest: 1 in 4,747 boys born in 1994 were named Mitchel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #486 in 1958, was only 1 in 8,163 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.1% of all boys named Mitchel (3,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #611 (1882) | #760 |
| 1890s | 68 | #641 (1892) | #840 |
| 1900s | 81 | #634 (1907) | #895 |
| 1910s | 411 | #732 (1911) | #849 |
| 1920s | 531 | #853 (1920) | #949 |
| 1930s | 399 | #888 (1934) | #1,044 |
| 1940s | 716 | #628 (1949) | #795 |
| 1950s | 1,838 | #486 (1958) | #550 |
| 1960s | 1,633 | #527 (1960) | #619 |
| 1970s | 884 | #770 (1972) | #888 |
| 1980s | 1,774 | #589 (1987) | #695 |
| 1990s | 3,204 | #498 (1994) | #579 |
| 2000s | 1,311 | #750 (2000) | #1,299 |
| 2010s | 318 | #2,284 (2011) | #3,624 |
| 2020s | 82 | #5,255 (2023) | #6,326 |
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.
Mitchel in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 18,415 of them was named Mitchel, which outranked 23.5% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).