Mitchel

Mitchel was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).

Mitchel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mitchel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Mitchel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#7,679 (10)—————
2024#6,199 (14)—————
2023#5,255 (18)#4,992 (3)————
2022#6,147 (14)—————
2021#6,698 (12)#4,789 (3)————
2020#5,980 (14)—————
2019#4,337 (23)—————
2018#4,094 (25)—————
2017#4,105 (25)#4,812 (3)———#2,762 (5)
2016#4,098 (25)#4,810 (3)————
2015#4,407 (22)————#2,139 (7)
2014#3,532 (30)————#2,667 (5)
2013#3,753 (27)#2,403 (8)———#2,305 (6)
2012#3,115 (36)#2,458 (8)———#2,368 (6)
2011#2,284 (56)#2,613 (7)———#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #498.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Mitchel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 85,000 to 1 in 230,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MitchelCanadaBoys—too few
MitchelEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MitchelIrelandBoys—too few
MitchelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MitchelScotlandBoys—too few
MitchelUSGirls—too few
MitchelUSBoys#7,67910