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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #81 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 283 boysAKMaine: #88 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 332 boysMEVermont: #65 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 208 boysVTNew Hampshire: #81 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 355 boysNHWashington: #60 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 247 boysWAIdaho: #65 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 236 boysIDMontana: #114 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 444 boysMTNorth Dakota: #66 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 228 boysNDMinnesota: #33 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 118 boysMNIllinois: #74 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 360 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 131 boysWIMichigan: #53 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 225 boysMINew York: #104 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 635 boysNYMassachusetts: #82 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 449 boysMARhode Island: #71 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 306 boysRIOregon: #58 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 238 boysORNevada: #100 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 397 boysNVWyoming: #63 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 182 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 191 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 155 boysIAIndiana: #74 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 282 boysINOhio: #73 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 308 boysOHPennsylvania: #78 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 397 boysPANew Jersey: #142 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,000 boysNJConnecticut: #72 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 345 boysCTCalifornia: #141 for boys · 425 births · 1 in 648 boysCAUtah: #53 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 199 boysUTColorado: #80 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 338 boysCONebraska: #43 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 150 boysNEMissouri: #83 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 324 boysMOKentucky: #84 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 386 boysKYWest Virginia: #130 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 765 boysWVVirginia: #89 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 467 boysVAMaryland: #87 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 447 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mitchell, so not publishedDEArizona: #128 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 531 boysAZNew Mexico: #159 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 716 boysNMKansas: #75 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 285 boysKSArkansas: #95 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 386 boysARTennessee: #92 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 459 boysTNNorth Carolina: #93 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 528 boysNCSouth Carolina: #143 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 745 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #216 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 981 boysDCOklahoma: #84 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 361 boysOKLouisiana: #124 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 597 boysLAMississippi: #154 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 689 boysMSAlabama: #87 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 411 boysALGeorgia: #74 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 398 boysGAHawaii: #101 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 435 boysHITexas: #148 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 690 boysTXFlorida: #103 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 539 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#33 · 1 in 118
  2. Wisconsin#36 · 1 in 131
  3. Iowa#42 · 1 in 155
  4. Nebraska#43 · 1 in 150
  5. Utah#53 · 1 in 199

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#332521 in 118
Wisconsin#362371 in 131
Iowa#421131 in 155
Nebraska#43661 in 150
Michigan#532831 in 225
Utah#53851 in 199
Oregon#58811 in 238
South Dakota#59231 in 191
Washington#601401 in 247
Wyoming#63121 in 182
Idaho#65301 in 236
Vermont#65141 in 208
North Dakota#66181 in 228
Rhode Island#71201 in 306
Connecticut#72591 in 345
Ohio#732431 in 308
Georgia#741211 in 398
Illinois#742381 in 360
Indiana#741371 in 282
Kansas#75551 in 285
Pennsylvania#781911 in 397
Colorado#80721 in 338
Alaska#81141 in 283
New Hampshire#81191 in 355
Massachusetts#82881 in 449
Missouri#831101 in 324
Kentucky#84621 in 386
Oklahoma#84541 in 361
Alabama#87631 in 411
Maryland#87681 in 447
Maine#88201 in 332
Virginia#89881 in 467
Tennessee#92751 in 459
North Carolina#93851 in 528
Arkansas#95371 in 386
Nevada#100231 in 397
Hawaii#101151 in 435
Florida#1031631 in 539
New York#1042031 in 635
Montana#114101 in 444
Louisiana#124491 in 597
Arizona#128581 in 531
West Virginia#130131 in 765
California#1414251 in 648
New Jersey#142511 in 1,000
South Carolina#143291 in 745
Texas#1482221 in 690
Mississippi#154231 in 689
New Mexico#159161 in 716
District of Columbia#21671 in 981
Delaware———

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 1993

girls
#3,158
36 births · 1 in 50,252 girls
boys
#81
4,584 births · 1 in 428 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #3,158Mitchell36

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #81Mitchell4,584
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 50,252 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 80.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #3,108Yocheved37
  2. #3,108Zakiyyah37
  3. #3,108Zana37
  4. #3,158Mitchell36
  5. #3,158Aime36
  6. #3,158Alejandrina36
  7. #3,158Alexie36
  8. #3,221Adriene35
  9. #3,221Alexcia35
  10. #3,221Allana35

Tied with 62 names at #3,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 428 of them was named Mitchell, which outranked 99.2% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mitchell
  1. #78Edward4,790
  2. #79Garrett4,711
  3. #80Jesus4,683
  4. #81Mitchell4,584
  5. #82Peter4,538
  6. #83Blake4,504
  7. #84Shane4,438
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →