Mitsue — girls' name
358 babies named Mitsue in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Mitsue was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Mitsue in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mitsue
The Social Security Administration has registered 358 babies named Mitsue between 1914 and 1936, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mitsue currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mitsue performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mitsue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mitsue in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mitsue 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 358 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.
Mitsue at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mitsue popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1914
- Peak year (1923)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
358 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 36 births in a single year.
Mitsue by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 223 births that decade — 62% of Mitsue's all-time total
Mitsue decade highlights
- Peak decade 223 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mitsue's strongest decade
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Mitsue by state
Where Mitsue concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 298 | 83.2% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 3.1% |
298 of 358 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 83.2% of nationwide
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 83.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1914–1936 (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.