Mizell — boys' name
66 babies named Mizell in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Mizell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Mizell in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mizell
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Mizell between 1924 and 2021, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mizell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mizell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mizell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mizell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mizell 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 66 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.
Mizell at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mizell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1924
- Peak year (1935)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
66 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 7 births in a single year.
Mizell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 17 births that decade — 26% of Mizell's all-time total
Mizell decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mizell's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Mizell by state
Where Mizell concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 7.6% |
5 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 7.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1924–2021 (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.