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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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 1955

  • 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: #116 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 808 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNHWashington: #145 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 972 boysWAIdaho: #200 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,266 boysIDMontana: #159 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 968 boysMTNorth Dakota: #149 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 859 boysNDMinnesota: #118 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 910 boysMNIllinois: #148 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 1,090 boysILWisconsin: #151 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,400 boysWIMichigan: #154 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 1,155 boysMINew York: #77 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 422 boysNYMassachusetts: #125 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,558 boysMARhode Island: #132 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,526 boysRIOregon: #105 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 580 boysORNevada: #76 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 338 boysNVWyoming: #70 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 349 boysWYSouth Dakota: #201 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,403 boysSDIowa: #180 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,544 boysIAIndiana: #177 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,433 boysINOhio: #157 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 1,225 boysOHPennsylvania: #141 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 1,354 boysPANew Jersey: #152 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,693 boysNJConnecticut: #120 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,152 boysCTCalifornia: #123 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 747 boysCAUtah: #118 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 583 boysUTColorado: #141 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 815 boysCONebraska: #91 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 571 boysNEMissouri: #148 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,046 boysMOKentucky: #97 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 599 boysKYWest Virginia: #181 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,541 boysWVVirginia: #160 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 986 boysVAMaryland: #136 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 953 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: #280 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,246 boysAZNew Mexico: #274 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,958 boysNMKansas: #146 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 863 boysKSArkansas: #113 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 573 boysARTennessee: #117 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 748 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 590 boysNCSouth Carolina: #121 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 623 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #147 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 880 boysDCOklahoma: #179 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,163 boysOKLouisiana: #191 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,163 boysLAMississippi: #117 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 590 boysMSAlabama: #169 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,080 boysALGeorgia: #156 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 925 boysGAHawaii: #183 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 867 boysHITexas: #201 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 1,163 boysTXFlorida: #122 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 589 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#70 · 1 in 349
  2. Nevada#76 · 1 in 338
  3. New York#77 · 1 in 422
  4. Nebraska#91 · 1 in 571
  5. Kentucky#97 · 1 in 599

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#70101 in 349
Nevada#7671 in 338
New York#774131 in 422
Nebraska#91281 in 571
Kentucky#97611 in 599
Oregon#105311 in 580
North Carolina#112931 in 590
Arkansas#113351 in 573
Vermont#11651 in 808
Mississippi#117491 in 590
Tennessee#117551 in 748
Minnesota#118431 in 910
Utah#118201 in 583
Connecticut#120211 in 1,152
South Carolina#121491 in 623
Florida#122731 in 589
California#1232121 in 747
Massachusetts#125351 in 1,558
Rhode Island#13261 in 1,526
Maryland#136321 in 953
Colorado#141241 in 815
Pennsylvania#141891 in 1,354
Washington#145321 in 972
Kansas#146281 in 863
District of Columbia#147171 in 880
Illinois#148991 in 1,090
Missouri#148451 in 1,046
North Dakota#14991 in 859
Wisconsin#151321 in 1,400
New Jersey#152341 in 1,693
Michigan#154831 in 1,155
Georgia#156531 in 925
Ohio#157901 in 1,225
Montana#15981 in 968
Virginia#160441 in 986
Alabama#169361 in 1,080
Indiana#177371 in 1,433
Oklahoma#179211 in 1,163
Iowa#180201 in 1,544
West Virginia#181141 in 1,541
Hawaii#18381 in 867
Louisiana#191351 in 1,163
Idaho#20061 in 1,266
South Dakota#20161 in 1,403
Texas#2011041 in 1,163
New Mexico#27461 in 1,958
Arizona#28061 in 2,246
Alaska———
Delaware———
Maine———
New Hampshire———

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 1955

girls
#4,376
8 births · 1 in 244,410 girls
boys
#137
2,274 births · 1 in 906 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #4,376Mitchell8

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #137Mitchell2,274
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 244,410 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 35.0% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #4,069Zara9
  2. #4,069Zelphia9
  3. #4,069Zenia9
  4. #4,376Mitchell8
  5. #4,376Adora8
  6. #4,376Aisha8
  7. #4,376Alessandra8
  8. #4,740Adelene7
  9. #4,740Adriann7
  10. #4,740Adrianna7

Tied with 363 names at #4,376; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 906 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #134Alvin2,360
  2. #135Duane2,345
  3. #136Dan2,304
  4. #137Mitchell2,274
  5. #138Leslie2,232
  6. #139Chris2,193
  7. #139Garry2,193
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →