Mitchell
Mitchell was given to 245 boys in 2025, #954 among boys’ names; 165,191 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 136,000 Americans named Mitchell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 29 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mitchell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mitchell mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mitchell is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “Michael” (Michel) and “big” (muchel).
From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).
/ˈmɪt͡ʃəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mitchell?
#954 among boys’ names, 2025
Mitchell fell from #586 in 2015 to #954 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.25 to 0.14 per 1,000.
5,391 babies in 1994, the peak
Mitchell peaked in 1994, when 5,391 babies were given it (5,370 boys, #71 among boys’ names). The 245 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #954 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 259 | #906 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 291 | #839 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 305 | #816 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 306 | #800 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 342 | #726 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 358 | #701 | 0.20 |
| 2018 | 399 | #645 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 396 | #652 | 0.21 |
| 2016 | 465 | #590 | 0.25 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 473 | #586 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 563 | #502 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 616 | #457 | 0.33 |
| 2012 | 588 | #465 | 0.31 |
| 2011 | 667 | #419 | 0.35 |
| 2010 | 737 | #387 | 0.38 |
| 2009 | 855 | #359 | 0.43 |
| 2008 | 979 | #335 | 0.48 |
| 2007 | 1,108 | #304 | 0.53 |
| 2006 | 1,255 | #275 | 0.61 |
| 2005 | 1,447 | #236 | 0.72 |
| 2004 | 1,648 | #213 | 0.83 |
| 2003 | 1,891 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 2,172 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 2,568 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 2,983 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1999 | 3,216 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 1998 | 3,624 | #103 | 1.9 |
| 1997 | 4,068 | #96 | 2.2 |
| 1996 | 4,391 | #88 | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 4,737 | #79 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 5,370 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 4,584 | #81 | 2.3 |
| 1992 | 4,122 | #91 | 2.1 |
| 1991 | 3,882 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 4,021 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1989 | 3,645 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 1988 | 3,323 | #95 | 1.7 |
| 1987 | 2,870 | #101 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 2,664 | #105 | 1.4 |
| 1985 | 2,452 | #115 | 1.3 |
| 1984 | 2,151 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 1,878 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 2,069 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 1,969 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 1,521 | #164 | 0.85 |
| 1979 | 1,368 | #174 | 0.79 |
| 1978 | 1,269 | #186 | 0.77 |
| 1977 | 1,263 | #186 | 0.77 |
| 1976 | 1,188 | #186 | 0.76 |
| 1975 | 1,179 | #191 | 0.76 |
| 1974 | 1,231 | #183 | 0.78 |
| 1973 | 1,217 | #187 | 0.78 |
| 1972 | 1,366 | #179 | 0.84 |
| 1971 | 1,344 | #189 | 0.76 |
| 1970 | 1,541 | #179 | 0.83 |
| 1969 | 1,653 | #168 | 0.92 |
| 1968 | 1,622 | #166 | 0.93 |
| 1967 | 1,696 | #158 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,729 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1965 | 1,878 | #159 | 1.0 |
| 1964 | 2,384 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1963 | 2,710 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1962 | 2,832 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 3,201 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 1960 | 2,973 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 1959 | 2,964 | #127 | 1.4 |
| 1958 | 2,846 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1957 | 3,025 | #125 | 1.4 |
| 1956 | 2,403 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 2,274 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 2,145 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1953 | 1,884 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,758 | #157 | 0.90 |
| 1951 | 1,439 | #176 | 0.76 |
| 1950 | 1,224 | #181 | 0.68 |
| 1949 | 1,091 | #190 | 0.62 |
| 1948 | 861 | #217 | 0.49 |
| 1947 | 792 | #229 | 0.43 |
| 1946 | 664 | #235 | 0.41 |
| 1945 | 518 | #254 | 0.38 |
| 1944 | 518 | #259 | 0.38 |
| 1943 | 513 | #268 | 0.36 |
| 1942 | 488 | #271 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 355 | #305 | 0.29 |
| 1940 | 325 | #312 | 0.28 |
| 1939 | 295 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1938 | 287 | #328 | 0.26 |
| 1937 | 249 | #344 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 271 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 277 | #329 | 0.27 |
| 1934 | 262 | #337 | 0.25 |
| 1933 | 208 | #376 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 249 | #350 | 0.24 |
| 1931 | 274 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1930 | 247 | #364 | 0.23 |
| 1929 | 259 | #349 | 0.24 |
| 1928 | 314 | #317 | 0.28 |
| 1927 | 297 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1926 | 344 | #305 | 0.31 |
| 1925 | 346 | #306 | 0.31 |
| 1924 | 366 | #298 | 0.32 |
| 1923 | 372 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1922 | 386 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1921 | 425 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1920 | 415 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1919 | 361 | #278 | 0.37 |
| 1918 | 431 | #259 | 0.43 |
| 1917 | 380 | #261 | 0.41 |
| 1916 | 346 | #274 | 0.39 |
| 1915 | 328 | #269 | 0.39 |
| 1914 | 272 | #264 | 0.42 |
| 1913 | 196 | #282 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 137 | #315 | 0.32 |
| 1911 | 79 | #299 | 0.35 |
| 1910 | 82 | #273 | 0.42 |
| 1909 | 72 | #263 | 0.44 |
| 1908 | 54 | #300 | 0.35 |
| 1907 | 43 | #327 | 0.29 |
| 1906 | 39 | #334 | 0.29 |
| 1905 | 46 | #296 | 0.35 |
| 1904 | 37 | #332 | 0.29 |
| 1903 | 36 | #315 | 0.30 |
| 1902 | 50 | #265 | 0.41 |
| 1901 | 31 | #321 | 0.29 |
| 1900 | 52 | #289 | 0.35 |
| 1899 | 28 | #341 | 0.26 |
| 1898 | 39 | #301 | 0.32 |
| 1897 | 39 | #295 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 37 | #309 | 0.31 |
| 1895 | 31 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1894 | 39 | #284 | 0.34 |
| 1893 | 38 | #284 | 0.34 |
| 1892 | 36 | #309 | 0.29 |
| 1891 | 29 | #316 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 30 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1889 | 21 | #401 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 44 | #271 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 28 | #316 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 24 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 29 | #316 | 0.27 |
| 1884 | 34 | #299 | 0.30 |
| 1883 | 30 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 36 | #286 | 0.32 |
| 1881 | 20 | #382 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 32 | #298 | 0.29 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mitchell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mitchell has been given almost only to boys: 1,128 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mitchell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mitchell, and how old are they?
136,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 165,191 Americans ever recorded as Mitchell. The median Mitchell alive today is 37 years old; half are between 29 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 124,130 people named Mitchell (874 women and girls, 123,256 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 140,218 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,370 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 27,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 20,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 52,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 29,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,000 |
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 Mitchell born?
The states with the most babies named Mitchell are Ohio, California and Michigan, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 16 | #614 | 1.0× |
| California | 15 | #1,284 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 15 | #556 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 14 | #1,389 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 13 | #698 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,106 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 12 | #776 | 1.1× |
| New York | 10 | #1,182 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 10 | #852 | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 10 | #585 | 0.9× |
Where Mitchell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mitchell is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Mitchell 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 186,598 babies since 1880, Mitchell is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 245 of their 262 babies (94%), again the 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 Mitchell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchel | 13,309 |
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 Mitchell and names like it
- Compare Mitchell and MitchelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMitchell peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mitchell since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Mitchell: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Mitchell.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Mitchell alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.