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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #172 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,009 boysAKMaine: 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: #99 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 534 boysWAIdaho: #81 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 361 boysIDMontana: #79 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 326 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 240 boysNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 255 boysMNIllinois: #105 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 653 boysILWisconsin: #72 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 328 boysWIMichigan: #96 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 582 boysMINew York: #204 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 1,441 boysNYMassachusetts: #156 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,452 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedRIOregon: #86 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 455 boysORNevada: #131 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 774 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #100 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 512 boysSDIowa: #66 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 273 boysIAIndiana: #94 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 546 boysINOhio: #104 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 707 boysOHPennsylvania: #146 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 1,204 boysPANew Jersey: #266 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,328 boysNJConnecticut: #126 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 950 boysCTCalifornia: #175 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 971 boysCAUtah: #88 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 387 boysUTColorado: #109 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 645 boysCONebraska: #62 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 255 boysNEMissouri: #102 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 659 boysMOKentucky: #101 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 591 boysKYWest Virginia: #135 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 965 boysWVVirginia: #159 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,050 boysVAMaryland: #212 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,632 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: #168 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 945 boysAZNew Mexico: #151 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 726 boysNMKansas: #76 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 369 boysKSArkansas: #97 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 492 boysARTennessee: #124 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 733 boysTNNorth Carolina: #86 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 500 boysNCSouth Carolina: #117 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 668 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #260 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,544 boysDCOklahoma: #82 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 407 boysOKLouisiana: #122 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 618 boysLAMississippi: #132 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 620 boysMSAlabama: #132 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 710 boysALGeorgia: #118 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 664 boysGAHawaii: #142 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 684 boysHITexas: #178 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 926 boysTXFlorida: #122 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 725 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#58 · 1 in 255
  2. Nebraska#62 · 1 in 255
  3. North Dakota#63 · 1 in 240
  4. Iowa#66 · 1 in 273
  5. Wisconsin#72 · 1 in 328

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#581241 in 255
Nebraska#62461 in 255
North Dakota#63231 in 240
Iowa#66711 in 273
Wisconsin#721041 in 328
Kansas#76471 in 369
Montana#79171 in 326
Idaho#81201 in 361
Oklahoma#82581 in 407
North Carolina#86811 in 500
Oregon#86401 in 455
Utah#88441 in 387
Indiana#94691 in 546
Michigan#961121 in 582
Arkansas#97311 in 492
Washington#99591 in 534
South Dakota#100101 in 512
Kentucky#101421 in 591
Missouri#102561 in 659
Ohio#1041091 in 707
Illinois#1051261 in 653
Colorado#109391 in 645
South Carolina#117321 in 668
Georgia#118651 in 664
Florida#1221031 in 725
Louisiana#122581 in 618
Tennessee#124441 in 733
Connecticut#126211 in 950
Nevada#13181 in 774
Alabama#132361 in 710
Mississippi#132281 in 620
West Virginia#135121 in 965
Hawaii#142101 in 684
Pennsylvania#146641 in 1,204
New Mexico#151161 in 726
Massachusetts#156271 in 1,452
Virginia#159361 in 1,050
Arizona#168281 in 945
Alaska#17251 in 1,009
California#1752301 in 971
Texas#1781591 in 926
New York#204841 in 1,441
Maryland#212171 in 1,632
District of Columbia#26051 in 1,544
New Jersey#266201 in 2,328
Delaware———
Maine———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

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 1985

girls
#3,246
27 births · 1 in 63,734 girls
boys
#115
2,452 births · 1 in 754 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #3,246Mitchell27

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #115Mitchell2,452
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 63,734 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 74.0% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #3,170Whitnee28
  2. #3,170Yarenis28
  3. #3,170Zenaida28
  4. #3,246Mitchell27
  5. #3,246Adrea27
  6. #3,246Aliesha27
  7. #3,246Aliyah27
  8. #3,328Aide26
  9. #3,328Aline26
  10. #3,328Allena26

Tied with 81 names at #3,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 754 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #112Carl2,526
  2. #113Miguel2,525
  3. #113Tony2,525
  4. #115Mitchell2,452
  5. #116Jerry2,423
  6. #117Mario2,416
  7. #118Johnathan2,391
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →