How rare is the name Mitchell?

124,130 people in the United States have the first name Mitchell, about 1 in 2,433. It ranks #458 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MITCHELL

#458

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
124,130
About
1 in 2,433
This common or more
56.8%
Who bears it

Of the 124,130 people named Mitchell, 83.4% reported their origin as White, 6.3% as Black and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mitchell peaked in 1994, when 5,391 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
5,391
In 2025*
245 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 165,191 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Mitchell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #177. The largest share of babies named Mitchell, 33%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#673298
1890s#780346
1900s#793460
1910s#6132,638
1920s#6563,555
1930s#7312,639
1940s#5326,163
1950s#30522,040
1960s#30622,808
1970s#38413,125
1980s#24324,809
1990s#17742,222
2000s#41617,040
2010s#1,1005,300
2020s#1,7201,748
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–6424%
Generation X 1965–8014.1%
Millennials 1981–9633%
Generation Z 1997–1218.2%
2013 and later3.1%

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 Mitchell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mitchell has been most common in Minnesota (2×), Wisconsin (1.7×), and Utah (1.6×), and least common in Delaware (0.32×).

159,920 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.

Either side of Mitchell

#456 Calvin · 124,765#457 Kristina · 124,534#459 Josephine · 123,986#460 Colin · 123,025

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mitchell, most common first.

#2,404 Mitchel · 10,351#13,566 Mitchelle · 887#35,789 Mitchael · 224#37,508 Mitcheal · 208#49,963 Mitchal · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Mitchell ranks #47 of 156,621, with 372,104 people. See Mitchell as a last name

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