The name Mitchell is derived from a surname.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mitchell has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mitchell
Use of the Name Mitchell for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
151,229
126,810
77,721
31,241
11,223
3,508
1,625
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mitchell has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mitchell
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
298
32
1881
382
20
1882
286
36
1883
303
30
1884
299
34
1885
316
29
1886
353
24
1887
309
29
1888
271
44
1889
401
21
1890
319
30
1891
316
29
1892
309
36
1893
284
38
1894
284
39
1895
335
31
1896
305
38
1897
295
39
1898
301
39
1899
341
28
1900
283
54
1901
321
31
1902
268
50
1903
315
36
1904
332
37
1905
293
47
1906
334
39
1907
327
43
1908
299
54
1909
263
72
1910
273
82
1911
299
79
1912
315
137
1913
283
195
1914
264
273
1915
268
330
1916
274
342
1917
261
382
1918
258
433
1919
278
360
1920
271
416
1921
272
425
1922
283
387
1923
292
369
1924
298
366
1925
306
345
1926
306
343
1927
330
299
1928
317
312
1929
349
259
1930
363
251
1931
332
270
1932
352
248
1933
379
207
1934
337
262
1935
326
279
1936
333
271
1937
344
249
1938
328
287
1939
319
296
1940
313
324
1941
307
352
1942
270
490
1943
268
513
1944
259
515
1945
253
517
1946
236
660
1947
229
792
1948
216
863
1949
191
1,083
1950
181
1,230
1951
176
1,435
1952
157
1,754
1953
149
1,891
1954
141
2,137
1955
137
2,261
1956
136
2,411
1957
125
3,016
1958
127
2,833
1959
127
2,963
1960
126
2,967
1961
118
3,195
1962
129
2,830
1963
127
2,702
1964
137
2,386
1965
159
1,885
1966
163
1,728
1967
158
1,697
1968
166
1,624
1969
168
1,655
1970
179
1,538
1971
190
1,338
1972
179
1,366
1973
187
1,216
1974
183
1,226
1975
192
1,176
1976
186
1,188
1977
186
1,260
1978
186
1,263
1979
174
1,365
1980
164
1,521
1981
141
1,963
1982
134
2,068
1983
143
1,879
1984
125
2,147
1985
115
2,449
1986
105
2,662
1987
101
2,865
1988
95
3,313
1989
93
3,645
1990
93
4,017
1991
96
3,880
1992
91
4,119
1993
81
4,581
1994
71
5,371
1995
79
4,729
1996
88
4,389
1997
96
4,063
1998
103
3,621
1999
111
3,216
2000
132
2,981
2001
156
2,564
2002
176
2,170
2003
195
1,883
2004
213
1,625
Totals:
151,229
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Mitchell as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.