Mitchel
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Mitchel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Mitchel mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew transferred back from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mitchel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mitchel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mitchel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 68 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mitchel in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Mitchel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 40 | #720 |
| 2004 | 47 | #599 |
| 2003 | 40 | #623 |
| 2002 | 35 | #625 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 45 | #501 |
| 1999 | 61 | #408 |
| 1998 | 68 | #385 |
| 1997 | 47 | #466 |
| 1996 | 55 | #413 |
How popular is Mitchel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Mitchel, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 407 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mitchel than any year since 1910.
Half of all the boys named Mitchel in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 boys in the US were given Mitchel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #854, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Mitchell 245
- Mitchel 10
Mitchel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 77 | #1,872 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,719 |
| 2007 | 84 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,479 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,301 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,223 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,040 |
| 2002 | 173 | #923 |
| 2001 | 170 | #917 |
| 2000 | 225 | #749 |
| 1999 | 246 | #683 |
| 1998 | 274 | #642 |
| 1997 | 299 | #593 |
| 1996 | 323 | #565 |
| 1995 | 366 | #528 |
| 1994 | 407 | #498 |
| 1993 | 375 | #530 |
| 1992 | 289 | #605 |
| 1991 | 313 | #570 |
| 1990 | 312 | #572 |
| 1989 | 269 | #593 |
| 1988 | 247 | #595 |
| 1987 | 236 | #589 |
| 1986 | 199 | #634 |
| 1985 | 161 | #693 |
| 1984 | 163 | #677 |
| 1983 | 132 | #752 |
| 1982 | 135 | #758 |
| 1981 | 130 | #767 |
| 1980 | 102 | #889 |
| 1979 | 89 | #930 |
| 1978 | 88 | #920 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,054 |
| 1976 | 80 | #933 |
| 1975 | 94 | #857 |
| 1974 | 76 | #936 |
| 1973 | 86 | #852 |
| 1972 | 107 | #770 |
| 1971 | 100 | #803 |
| 1970 | 97 | #823 |
| 1969 | 103 | #769 |
| 1968 | 130 | #660 |
| 1967 | 107 | #716 |
| 1966 | 144 | #618 |
| 1965 | 128 | #656 |
| 1964 | 179 | #590 |
| 1963 | 197 | #562 |
| 1962 | 203 | #554 |
| 1961 | 217 | #540 |
| 1960 | 225 | #527 |
| 1959 | 252 | #493 |
| 1958 | 260 | #485 |
| 1957 | 202 | #543 |
| 1956 | 196 | #535 |
| 1955 | 192 | #528 |
| 1954 | 155 | #592 |
| 1953 | 161 | #556 |
| 1952 | 161 | #551 |
| 1951 | 135 | #597 |
| 1950 | 124 | #615 |
| 1949 | 118 | #627 |
| 1948 | 101 | #670 |
| 1947 | 82 | #757 |
| 1946 | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | 57 | #830 |
| 1944 | 56 | #841 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 56 | #876 |
| 1941 | 55 | #850 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 47 | #921 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1934 | 50 | #888 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,094 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1931 | 45 | #983 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,010 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1927 | 52 | #964 |
| 1926 | 60 | #855 |
| 1925 | 55 | #909 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 56 | #939 |
| 1920 | 63 | #853 |
| 1919 | 61 | #839 |
| 1918 | 56 | #889 |
| 1917 | 48 | #919 |
| 1916 | 47 | #922 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | 47 | #770 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 34 | #735 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Mitchel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael Daniel Matthew Joseph Adam David Joel James Nathan Patrick Thomas Jamie
Other spellings of Mitchel
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, “Mitchel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mitchel, updated 20 October 2026.