How rare is the name Mister?

5,988 people in the United States have the first name Mister, about 1 in 50,439. It ranks #3,468 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MISTER

#3,468

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,988
About
1 in 50,439
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,988 people named Mister, 52.8% reported their origin as White, 23.4% as Black and 16.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mister peaked in 2015, when 27 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
27
In 2025*
15 ▼44%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 746 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mister by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #9,594. The largest share of babies named Mister, 32.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,59477
1980s#10,15198
1990s#10,174144
2000s#13,248136
2010s#10,790196
2020s#12,05095
Generation X 1965–8012.1%
Millennials 1981–9626%
Generation Z 1997–1229.4%
2013 and later32.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Mister

#3,466 Barney · 5,991#3,466 Jia · 5,991#3,469 Geoff · 5,986#3,470 Nicolle · 5,984

Also a last name

As a last name, Mister ranks #17,832 of 156,621, with 1,545 people. See Mister as a last name

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