Mitzi
Mitzi was given to 24 girls in 2025, #5,348 among girls’ names; 13,200 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,400 Americans named Mitzi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 51 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mitzi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mitzi mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mitzi is “a female given name from German.”
Borrowed from German Mitzi in the 20th century.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mitzi?
#5,348 among girls’ names, 2025
Mitzi rose from #5,409 in 2015 to #5,348 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 14.0 to 14.9 per million.
469 babies in 1961, the peak
Mitzi peaked in 1961, when 469 girls were given it, #452 among girls’ names. The 24 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,348 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,282 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,830 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,877 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,824 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,538 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,457 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,429 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,152 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,498 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,409 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,629 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,932 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,971 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,312 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,815 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,255 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,533 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,333 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,495 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,458 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 26 | #5,025 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 25 | #5,046 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,563 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,904 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,621 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 60 | #2,431 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,994 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,413 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,169 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,326 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 63 | #2,153 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,976 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 68 | #2,018 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,309 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,241 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,076 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,313 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,758 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,950 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,065 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,824 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,657 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 103 | #1,260 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,334 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 117 | #1,158 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 143 | #1,001 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 163 | #894 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 191 | #788 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 216 | #690 | 0.15 |
| 1975 | 291 | #570 | 0.20 |
| 1974 | 233 | #656 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 254 | #610 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 250 | #623 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 270 | #625 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 257 | #642 | 0.15 |
| 1969 | 315 | #558 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 316 | #540 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 342 | #512 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 351 | #503 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 351 | #507 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 457 | #458 | 0.24 |
| 1963 | 400 | #486 | 0.21 |
| 1962 | 451 | #452 | 0.23 |
| 1961 | 469 | #452 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 448 | #463 | 0.22 |
| 1959 | 456 | #452 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 415 | #467 | 0.21 |
| 1957 | 440 | #451 | 0.22 |
| 1956 | 425 | #443 | 0.21 |
| 1955 | 424 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1954 | 358 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1953 | 305 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1952 | 212 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 98 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 101 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 87 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 85 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 87 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 55 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 66 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 58 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 54 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 50 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 50 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 64 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 69 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 51 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 74 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 92 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 91 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 99 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 93 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 58 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 49 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 46 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,609 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,514 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,334 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,721 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,564 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,477 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,693 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,435 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,474 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,140 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mitzi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mitzi has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 120 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mitzi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mitzi, and how old are they?
10,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 13,200 Americans ever recorded as Mitzi. The median Mitzi alive today is 61 years old; half are between 51 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 11,127 people named Mitzi (11,110 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,009 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 327 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,690 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,740 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 934 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 521 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 230 |
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 Mitzi born?
The states with the most babies named Mitzi are Texas, California and Tennessee, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,268 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| California | 1,164 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 834 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| North Carolina | 658 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 422 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 403 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 394 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Kentucky | 377 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 358 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 356 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Mitzi is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mitzi is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 2.9 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 girls’ 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 Mitzi 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 16,322 babies since 1880, Mitzi is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 24 of their 34 babies (71%), 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 Mitzi
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Mitzi and names like it
- Compare Mitzi and MitzieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMitzi peaked in 1961.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mitzi since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Mitzi: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Mitzi.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mitzi alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.