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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #105 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 446 boysAKMaine: #112 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 727 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedNHWashington: #108 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 560 boysWAIdaho: #92 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 361 boysIDMontana: #111 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 513 boysMTNorth Dakota: #59 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 242 boysNDMinnesota: #92 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 509 boysMNIllinois: #132 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 791 boysILWisconsin: #112 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 846 boysWIMichigan: #133 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 871 boysMINew York: #82 for boys · 371 births · 1 in 484 boysNYMassachusetts: #117 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,147 boysMARhode Island: #147 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,498 boysRIOregon: #118 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 567 boysORNevada: #96 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 405 boysNVWyoming: #97 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 390 boysWYSouth Dakota: #133 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 705 boysSDIowa: #95 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 488 boysIAIndiana: #119 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 704 boysINOhio: #121 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 759 boysOHPennsylvania: #144 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 1,193 boysPANew Jersey: #114 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 789 boysNJConnecticut: #132 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,063 boysCTCalifornia: #128 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 624 boysCAUtah: #116 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 507 boysUTColorado: #112 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 536 boysCONebraska: #85 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 385 boysNEMissouri: #122 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 722 boysMOKentucky: #86 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 421 boysKYWest Virginia: #125 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 753 boysWVVirginia: #152 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 849 boysVAMaryland: #165 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,094 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: #126 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 530 boysAZNew Mexico: #193 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,023 boysNMKansas: #83 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 361 boysKSArkansas: #92 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 407 boysARTennessee: #111 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 571 boysTNNorth Carolina: #103 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 498 boysNCSouth Carolina: #103 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 444 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #197 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,349 boysDCOklahoma: #98 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 501 boysOKLouisiana: #126 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 565 boysLAMississippi: #105 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 474 boysMSAlabama: #107 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 513 boysALGeorgia: #108 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 493 boysGAHawaii: #95 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 373 boysHITexas: #160 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 767 boysTXFlorida: #125 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 604 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#59 · 1 in 242
  2. New York#82 · 1 in 484
  3. Kansas#83 · 1 in 361
  4. Nebraska#85 · 1 in 385
  5. Kentucky#86 · 1 in 421

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#59301 in 242
New York#823711 in 484
Kansas#83621 in 361
Nebraska#85421 in 385
Kentucky#86821 in 421
Arkansas#92481 in 407
Idaho#92201 in 361
Minnesota#92811 in 509
Hawaii#95201 in 373
Iowa#95621 in 488
Nevada#9681 in 405
Wyoming#9791 in 390
Oklahoma#98471 in 501
North Carolina#1031061 in 498
South Carolina#103641 in 444
Alaska#10571 in 446
Mississippi#105571 in 474
Alabama#107731 in 513
Georgia#108971 in 493
Washington#108551 in 560
Montana#111151 in 513
Tennessee#111691 in 571
Colorado#112411 in 536
Maine#112151 in 727
Wisconsin#112561 in 846
New Jersey#114801 in 789
Utah#116241 in 507
Massachusetts#117501 in 1,147
Oregon#118311 in 567
Indiana#119771 in 704
Ohio#1211471 in 759
Missouri#122671 in 722
Florida#125911 in 604
West Virginia#125251 in 753
Arizona#126321 in 530
Louisiana#126731 in 565
California#1283031 in 624
Connecticut#132251 in 1,063
Illinois#1321441 in 791
Michigan#1331071 in 871
South Dakota#133111 in 705
Pennsylvania#144991 in 1,193
Rhode Island#14761 in 1,498
Virginia#152511 in 849
Texas#1601561 in 767
Maryland#165301 in 1,094
New Mexico#193131 in 1,023
District of Columbia#197111 in 1,349
Delaware———
New Hampshire———
Vermont———

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 1961

girls
#4,009
11 births · 1 in 183,500 girls
boys
#118
3,201 births · 1 in 664 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #4,009Mitchell11

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #118Mitchell3,201
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 183,500 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 46.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #3,793Wanetta12
  2. #3,793Willia12
  3. #3,793Xiomara12
  4. #4,009Mitchell11
  5. #4,009Adrain11
  6. #4,009Agustina11
  7. #4,009Aixa11
  8. #4,239Aaron10
  9. #4,239Adora10
  10. #4,239Alanda10

Tied with 229 names at #4,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 664 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #115Dan3,414
  2. #116Tommy3,406
  3. #117Frederick3,315
  4. #118Mitchell3,201
  5. #119Tracy3,187
  6. #120Marvin3,185
  7. #121Don3,149
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →