Boy or Girl

Is Mitchel a boy or girl name?

Mitchel is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 13 boys were named Mitchel, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.2% of the 13,298 US babies named Mitchel were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#6,681
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Mitchel since 1880
13,298
Most popular year
1994
407 babies
Babies named Mitchel each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Mitchel from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.015030045060018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Mitchel, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s3700%
1890s6800%
1900s8100%
1910s41100%
1920s53100%
1930s39900%
1940s71600%
1950s1,83800%
1960s1,63300%
1970s88400%
1980s1,774120.7%
1990s3,20400%
2000s1,311100.8%
2010s31800%
2020s7100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202413#6,6810–
202318#5,3900–
202214#6,3690–
202112#6,9610–
202014#6,1840–
201923#4,4300–
201825#4,1760–
201725#4,1930–
201625#4,1640–
201522#4,4960–
201430#3,5890–
201327#3,8230–
201236#3,1520–
201156#2,3030–
201049#2,5370–
200977#1,8820–
200888#1,7300–
200784#1,7670–
2006103#1,4850–
2005117#1,3065#18,311
2004124#1,2305#17,925
2003150#1,0420–
2002173#9270–
2001170#9180–
2000225#7520–
1999246#6860–
1998274#6430–
1997299#5940–
1996323#5670–
1995366#5280–
1994407#4990–
1993375#5310–
1992289#6070–
1991313#5710–
1990312#5740–
1989269#5976#11,827
1988247#5950–
1987236#5896#10,772
1986199#6340–
1985161#6950–
1984163#6780–
1983132#7540–
1982135#7590–
1981130#7670–
1980102#8900–
197989#9330–
197888#9250–
197767#1,0600–
197680#9360–
197594#8600–
197476#9400–
197386#8580–
1972107#7740–
1971100#8100–
197097#8230–
1969103#7690–
1968130#6630–
1967107#7170–
1966144#6180–
1965128#6570–
1964179#5910–
1963197#5650–
1962203#5540–
1961217#5400–
1960225#5290–
1959252#4940–
1958260#4860–
1957202#5440–
1956196#5370–
1955192#5310–
1954155#5950–
1953161#5610–
1952161#5520–
1951135#6000–
1950124#6180–
1949118#6310–
1948101#6720–
194782#7610–
194678#7500–
194557#8360–
194456#8500–
194369#7930–
194256#8860–
194155#8530–
194044#9780–
193941#1,0020–
193847#9250–
193733#1,1580–
193628#1,2630–
193539#1,0370–
193450#8940–
193336#1,1000–
193240#1,0730–
193145#9930–
193040#1,1080–
192945#1,0230–
192845#1,0380–
192752#9720–
192660#8710–
192555#9120–
192447#1,0410–
192348#1,0200–
192260#9010–
192156#9460–
192063#8600–
191961#8450–
191856#8920–
191748#9300–
191647#9340–
191553#8520–
191447#7740–
191336#7940–
191234#7470–
191119#7490–
191010#1,0940–
19099#1,0580–
190812#8110–
190716#6540–
19066#1,2040–
19056#1,1910–
190410#7960–
19039#8250–
19027#9930–
19016#1,0240–
19000–0–
18990–0–
18985#1,2450–
18977#9080–
18968#8720–
189510#7320–
18946#1,0420–
189310#6910–
189211#6710–
18916#9220–
18905#1,1070–
18899#7080–
18887#8860–
18870–0–
18860–0–
18850–0–
18840–0–
18835#1,0010–
188210#6330–
18810–0–
18806#8800–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Mitchel reached #486 in 1958. As a girl name, it reached #10,772 in 1987. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Mitchel

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.