Mitch
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MICH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Mitch is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Mitch mean?
Hebrew: short form of Mitchell, a medieval form of Michael
“who is like God”
Short for Mitchell, an English surname that grew from the medieval vernacular form of Michael.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mitch a girl's or a boy's name?
Mitch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mitch in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mitch in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Mitch in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 2 | #5,689 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Mitch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Mitch, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 400 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Mitch in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mitch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,328 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,461 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 93 | #1,090 |
| 1988 | 96 | #986 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,066 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,048 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,010 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,144 |
| 1982 | 86 | #969 |
| 1981 | 71 | #1,077 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,042 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,291 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 58 | #1,060 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,165 |
| 1970 | 75 | #921 |
| 1969 | 67 | #931 |
| 1968 | 80 | #825 |
| 1967 | 73 | #836 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 131 | #651 |
| 1964 | 185 | #581 |
| 1963 | 304 | #453 |
| 1962 | 351 | #427 |
| 1961 | 400 | #396 |
| 1960 | 331 | #442 |
| 1959 | 295 | #462 |
| 1958 | 285 | #463 |
| 1957 | 207 | #538 |
| 1956 | 74 | #867 |
| 1955 | 68 | #897 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Mitch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael, Matthew, Daniel, Adam, Jamie, Toby, David, Mark, Joel, James, Nathan, Joey
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mitch: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mitch, updated 20 October 2026.