How Many People Are Named Mitchel?
people named Mitchel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,322 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,309 babies named Mitchel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
407 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mitchel (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mitchel alive today is about 42 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mitchel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1994, to 407 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mitchel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #485, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #8,033.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,033 |
| Best rank | #485 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #582 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mitchel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mitchel were born in California than in any other state: about 900 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mitchel was given 3 times as often in Minnesota, 2.7 times in Wisconsin and 2.5 times in Iowa.
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