Girls' name · since 2003
Mitzel
24 babies named Mitzel in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Mitzel since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mitzel has 24 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2009.
- #43,725 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mitzel ranks #43,725 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #43,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mitzel's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mitzel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mitzel splits its recorded history at 2007: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mitzel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2009
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mitzel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Mitzel's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mitzel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mitzel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2003–2009 (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 Mitzel 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.