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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #164 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 859 boysAKMaine: #78 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 331 boysMEVermont: #95 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 430 boysVTNew Hampshire: #98 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 486 boysNHWashington: #65 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 261 boysWAIdaho: #110 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 512 boysIDMontana: #104 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 400 boysMTNorth Dakota: #44 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 139 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 135 boysMNIllinois: #77 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 385 boysILWisconsin: #41 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 159 boysWIMichigan: #63 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 266 boysMINew York: #125 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 786 boysNYMassachusetts: #107 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 718 boysMARhode Island: #74 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 320 boysRIOregon: #59 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 243 boysORNevada: #94 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 393 boysNVWyoming: #59 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 191 boysWYSouth Dakota: #58 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 187 boysSDIowa: #37 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 146 boysIAIndiana: #69 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 278 boysINOhio: #80 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 385 boysOHPennsylvania: #91 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 496 boysPANew Jersey: #187 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,386 boysNJConnecticut: #84 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 455 boysCTCalifornia: #142 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 658 boysCAUtah: #53 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 194 boysUTColorado: #68 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 274 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 178 boysNEMissouri: #97 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 518 boysMOKentucky: #112 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 578 boysKYWest Virginia: #144 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 856 boysWVVirginia: #118 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 751 boysVAMaryland: #108 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 601 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: #141 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 625 boysAZNew Mexico: #249 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,289 boysNMKansas: #96 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 399 boysKSArkansas: #92 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 387 boysARTennessee: #96 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 489 boysTNNorth Carolina: #90 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 489 boysNCSouth Carolina: #93 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 513 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #75 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 299 boysOKLouisiana: #144 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 693 boysLAMississippi: #114 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 546 boysMSAlabama: #103 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 527 boysALGeorgia: #89 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 493 boysGAHawaii: #105 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 456 boysHITexas: #163 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 782 boysTXFlorida: #109 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 621 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#37 · 1 in 135
  2. Iowa#37 · 1 in 146
  3. Wisconsin#41 · 1 in 159
  4. North Dakota#44 · 1 in 139
  5. Nebraska#52 · 1 in 178

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#371201 in 146
Minnesota#372251 in 135
Wisconsin#412011 in 159
North Dakota#44301 in 139
Nebraska#52581 in 178
Utah#53861 in 194
South Dakota#58241 in 187
Oregon#59801 in 243
Wyoming#59121 in 191
Michigan#632481 in 266
Washington#651391 in 261
Colorado#68901 in 274
Indiana#691411 in 278
Rhode Island#74201 in 320
Oklahoma#75681 in 299
Illinois#772241 in 385
Maine#78211 in 331
Ohio#802001 in 385
Connecticut#84461 in 455
Georgia#89991 in 493
North Carolina#90951 in 489
Pennsylvania#911571 in 496
Arkansas#92371 in 387
South Carolina#93441 in 513
Nevada#94231 in 393
Vermont#9571 in 430
Kansas#96401 in 399
Tennessee#96721 in 489
Missouri#97701 in 518
New Hampshire#98141 in 486
Alabama#103501 in 527
Montana#104111 in 400
Hawaii#105151 in 456
Massachusetts#107571 in 718
Maryland#108531 in 601
Florida#1091411 in 621
Idaho#110141 in 512
Kentucky#112421 in 578
Mississippi#114301 in 546
Virginia#118561 in 751
New York#1251681 in 786
Arizona#141501 in 625
California#1424321 in 658
Louisiana#144441 in 693
West Virginia#144121 in 856
Texas#1631961 in 782
Alaska#16451 in 859
New Jersey#187381 in 1,386
New Mexico#24991 in 1,289
Delaware———
District of Columbia———

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 1992

girls
#3,866
27 births · 1 in 68,294 girls
boys
#91
4,122 births · 1 in 485 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #3,866Mitchell27

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #91Mitchell4,122
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 68,294 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 75.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #3,773Wynter28
  2. #3,773Yehudis28
  3. #3,773Yocheved28
  4. #3,866Mitchell27
  5. #3,866Aisling27
  6. #3,866Aleasha27
  7. #3,866Alexxis27
  8. #3,968Adora26
  9. #3,968Adrien26
  10. #3,968Aleta26

Tied with 101 names at #3,866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 485 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 99.1% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #88Garrett4,270
  2. #89Logan4,226
  3. #90Miguel4,173
  4. #91Mitchell4,122
  5. #92Vincent4,106
  6. #93Luke4,066
  7. #94Seth3,913
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →