Mitchel
Mitchel was given to 10 boys in 2025, #8,033 among boys’ names; 13,309 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,200 Americans named Mitchel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 30 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mitchel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mitchel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mitchel is “a male given name from Hebrew transferred back from the surname.”
Variant of Mitchell.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mitchel?
#8,033 among boys’ names, 2025
Mitchel fell from #4,495 in 2015 to #8,033 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 5.9 per million.
407 babies in 1994, the peak
Mitchel peaked in 1994, when 407 boys were given it, #499 among boys’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #8,033 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,368 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,393 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,368 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,959 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,184 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,427 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,174 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,189 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,495 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,588 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,821 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,150 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,302 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,537 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 77 | #1,881 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,730 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,767 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,485 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,305 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,228 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,041 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 173 | #926 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 170 | #917 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 225 | #751 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 246 | #684 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 274 | #643 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 299 | #594 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 323 | #567 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 366 | #528 | 0.19 |
| 1994 | 407 | #499 | 0.21 |
| 1993 | 375 | #531 | 0.19 |
| 1992 | 289 | #605 | 0.14 |
| 1991 | 313 | #570 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 312 | #573 | 0.15 |
| 1989 | 269 | #596 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 247 | #595 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 236 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 199 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 161 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 163 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 132 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 135 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 130 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 102 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 89 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 88 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 80 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 94 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 76 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 86 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 107 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 100 | #809 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 97 | #823 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 103 | #769 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 130 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 107 | #717 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 144 | #618 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 128 | #657 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 179 | #591 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 197 | #564 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 203 | #554 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 217 | #540 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 225 | #529 | 0.11 |
| 1959 | 252 | #494 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 260 | #485 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 202 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 196 | #536 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 192 | #530 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 155 | #594 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 161 | #560 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 161 | #551 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 135 | #599 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 124 | #617 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 118 | #630 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 101 | #671 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 82 | #760 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 78 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 57 | #836 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 56 | #850 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 69 | #793 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 56 | #886 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 55 | #853 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 44 | #978 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 47 | #925 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 50 | #894 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 45 | #993 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 52 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 60 | #871 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 55 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,020 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 60 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 56 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 63 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 61 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 56 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 48 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 47 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 53 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 47 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 36 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 34 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 19 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,093 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,058 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 12 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 16 | #654 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,203 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,190 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 10 | #796 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 9 | #825 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 7 | #992 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,023 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,244 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 7 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 8 | #871 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 10 | #732 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,041 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 10 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 11 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 6 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,107 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 9 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 7 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 10 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 6 | #880 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mitchel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mitchel has been given almost only to boys: 22 girls in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mitchel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mitchel, and how old are they?
10,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 13,309 Americans ever recorded as Mitchel. The median Mitchel alive today is 38 years old; half are between 30 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 10,351 people named Mitchel (210 women and girls, 10,141 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,634 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 175 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,220 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,880 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,240 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 257 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mitchel born?
The states with the most babies named Mitchel are California, New York and Ohio, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,030 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 988 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 533 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 530 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 472 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 432 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Wisconsin | 413 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 406 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 340 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 289 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Mitchel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mitchel is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mitchel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 179,015 babies since 1880, Mitchel is the second most given (7.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 255 babies (3.9%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mitchel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 165,191 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mitchel and names like it
- Compare Mitchel and MitchellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMitchel peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mitchel since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Mitchel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Mitchel.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Mitchel alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.