Mitzi

Where Mitzi comes from

Borrowed from German Mitzi in the 20th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mitzi
  • German
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,951 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1920
    Mitzi Green born
    American child actress
  3. 1955
    Peak, #430
    424 babies named Mitzi — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    Mitzi Kapture born
    American actress
  5. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #787.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Mitzi Green · American child actress, 1920–1969
  • Mitzi Kapture · American actress, born 1962
  • Mitzi Jonelle Tan · Filipino environmental activist, born 1997
  • Mitzi Martin · American actress and model, born 1967
  • Mitzi Shore · American comedy club owner, 1930–2018

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.