Girls' name · since 1960
Mitze
29 babies named Mitze in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Mitze since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mitze has been recorded 29 times among girls since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1972.
- #41,423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mitze ranks #41,423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Mitze's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mitze's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mitze's full recorded timeline at 1963, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mitze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1972
- Peak year (1963)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Mitze by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (24 births, 83% of the file).
1960s was Mitze's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Mitze births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 24 births (83% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mitze's data
- Mitze's decade-level peak was the 1960s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mitze: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mitze draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.