How rare is the name Mitch?

12,863 people in the United States have the first name Mitch, about 1 in 23,481. It ranks #2,094 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MITCH

#2,094

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,863
About
1 in 23,481
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,863 people named Mitch, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mitch peaked in 1961, when 400 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
400
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,565 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Mitch by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,247. The largest share of babies named Mitch, 48.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1930s#9,18817
1940s#4,992102
1950s#1,6181,076
1960s#1,2472,012
1970s#3,051480
1980s#2,551775
1990s#3,899572
2000s#7,639298
2010s#11,704174
2020s#17,26054
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–6448.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.9%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–129%
2013 and later3%

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.

Where Mitch is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mitch has been most common in Utah (4.7×), Nebraska (3×), and California (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.37×).

2,683 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Mitch

1 other first name also has 12,863 people.

#2,094 Carmelo · 12,863

Either side of Mitch

#2,093 Ayanna · 12,867#2,094 Carmelo · 12,863#2,096 Deon · 12,858#2,097 Colten · 12,819

Also a last name

As a last name, Mitch ranks #27,452 of 156,621, with 930 people. See Mitch as a last name

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