NameTides

Mitchell

Mitchell was the #952 boys' name in the US in 2025 (245 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Mitchell as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mitchell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Mitchell as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#952 (245)#1,538 (17)#400 (8)——#1,374 (17)——
2024#904 (259)#968 (32)#535 (5)——#802 (32)——
2023#835 (291)#1,139 (25)#400 (8)——#797 (31)——
2022#816 (305)#878 (35)#472 (6)——#616 (43)——
2021#800 (306)#985 (30)#401 (8)——#650 (42)——
2020#726 (342)#1,111 (24)#372 (9)——#540 (48)——
2019#700 (358)#1,217 (21)#394 (8)——#574 (47)——
2018#645 (399)#763 (43)#325 (11)—#749 (3)#467 (59)——
2017#651 (396)#761 (45)#250 (18)——#543 (50)——
2016#590 (465)#546 (71)#302 (13)—#713 (3)#480 (60)—#89 (75)
2015#585 (473)#456 (89)#190 (29)——#427 (70)—#89 (69)
2014#502 (563)#449 (90)#322 (12)——#424 (70)—#76 (83)
2013#457 (616)#369 (110)#183 (29)——#374 (78)#88 (121)#59 (119)
2012#465 (588)#290 (158)#216 (22)——#358 (84)#79 (132)#53 (126)
2011#418 (667)#266 (179)#224 (19)——#349 (86)#78 (136)#59 (110)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #71.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mitchell is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 7,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mitchell by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Mitchell (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Mitchell (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MitchellCanadaGirls—too few
MitchellCanadaBoys#1,37417
MitchellEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
MitchellIrelandBoys—too few
MitchellNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MitchellNSWBoys—too few
MitchellScotlandBoys#4008
MitchellUSGirls—too few
MitchellUSBoys#952245
MitchellVICBoys—too few