Mitcheal — boys' name
267 babies named Mitcheal in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Mitcheal was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mitcheal in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mitcheal
The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Mitcheal between 1948 and 1994, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mitcheal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mitcheal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mitcheal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mitcheal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 267 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mitcheal at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mitcheal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1948
- Peak year (1958)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
267 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 16 births in a single year.
Mitcheal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 101 births that decade — 38% of Mitcheal's all-time total
Mitcheal decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Mitcheal's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.