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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #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.

Where Mitchell is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #217 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,344 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #246 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,781 boysMINew York: #246 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,469 boysNYMassachusetts: #157 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,125 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedINOhio: #427 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,597 boysOHPennsylvania: #376 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,496 boysPANew Jersey: #276 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,423 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #355 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,041 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNEMissouri: #240 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,469 boysMOKentucky: #180 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,302 boysKYWest Virginia: #319 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,239 boysWVVirginia: #255 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,344 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedARTennessee: #258 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,432 boysTNNorth Carolina: #300 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,875 boysNCSouth Carolina: #264 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,346 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #267 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,405 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedLAMississippi: #243 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,813 boysMSAlabama: #291 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,579 boysALGeorgia: #298 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,034 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedHITexas: #448 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,943 boysTXFlorida: #205 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,405 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#157 · 1 in 2,125
  2. Kentucky#180 · 1 in 1,302
  3. Florida#205 · 1 in 1,405
  4. Illinois#217 · 1 in 2,344
  5. Missouri#240 · 1 in 2,469

Best ever in a state: #27 in Minnesota, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#157141 in 2,125
Kentucky#180191 in 1,302
Florida#20581 in 1,405
Illinois#217231 in 2,344
Missouri#240111 in 2,469
Mississippi#243101 in 1,813
Michigan#246141 in 2,781
New York#246261 in 3,469
Virginia#25591 in 2,344
Tennessee#258101 in 2,432
South Carolina#26471 in 2,346
Oklahoma#26791 in 2,405
New Jersey#27651 in 5,423
Alabama#291101 in 2,579
Georgia#29891 in 3,034
North Carolina#300111 in 2,875
West Virginia#31951 in 3,239
California#35591 in 4,041
Pennsylvania#37691 in 8,496
Ohio#42751 in 9,597
Texas#448141 in 3,943
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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 Mitchell
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 1931

girls
#4,331
5 births · 1 in 212,946 girls
boys
#332
274 births · 1 in 3,794 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #4,331Mitchell5

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #332Mitchell274
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 212,946 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 13.0% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #3,848Zelphia6
  2. #3,848Zoa6
  3. #3,848Zoie6
  4. #4,331Mitchell5
  5. #4,331Adalene5
  6. #4,331Adean5
  7. #4,331Adelma5

Tied with 648 names at #4,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 3,794 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #328Frankie279
  2. #330Noel277
  3. #331Luis275
  4. #332Mitchell274
  5. #333Odell265
  6. #334Norris264
  7. #334Wilmer264
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →