Mitchell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MICH-el
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #952 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Mitchell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 952nd for boys in the US (245 babies).
What does Mitchell mean?
English: surname from Michel, a medieval form of Michael
“who is like God?”
From an English surname based on Michel, the medieval form of Michael.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mitchell a girl's or a boy's name?
Mitchell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 245 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mitchell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,220th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Mitchell, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 835 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Mitchell since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mitchell 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.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#77).
Mitchell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 41 | #848 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 54 | #705 |
| 2017 | 63 | #644 |
| 2016 | 84 | #530 |
| 2015 | 118 | #406 |
| 2014 | 102 | #442 |
| 2013 | 139 | #341 |
| 2012 | 180 | #292 |
| 2011 | 198 | #270 |
| 2010 | 245 | #230 |
| 2009 | 236 | #225 |
| 2008 | 305 | #188 |
| 2007 | 311 | #185 |
| 2006 | 371 | #157 |
| 2005 | 422 | #141 |
| 2004 | 453 | #131 |
| 2003 | 548 | #110 |
| 2002 | 533 | #107 |
| 2001 | 656 | #93 |
| 2000 | 703 | #89 |
| 1999 | 806 | #80 |
| 1998 | 835 | #81 |
| 1997 | 803 | #83 |
| 1996 | 742 | #84 |
How popular is Mitchell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 952nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 245 about 1 in 7,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 245 boys in the US were named Mitchell, making it the 952nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 726th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 5,370 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mitchell than any year since 1933.
Half of all the boys named Mitchell in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 255 boys in the US were given Mitchell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #854, up from #952 for this spelling alone.
- Mitchell 245
- Mitchel 10
Mitchell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #952 |
| 2024 | 259 | #904 |
| 2023 | 291 | #835 |
| 2022 | 305 | #816 |
| 2021 | 306 | #800 |
| 2020 | 342 | #726 |
| 2019 | 358 | #700 |
| 2018 | 399 | #645 |
| 2017 | 396 | #651 |
| 2016 | 465 | #590 |
| 2015 | 473 | #585 |
| 2014 | 563 | #502 |
| 2013 | 616 | #457 |
| 2012 | 588 | #465 |
| 2011 | 667 | #418 |
| 2010 | 737 | #387 |
| 2009 | 855 | #359 |
| 2008 | 979 | #335 |
| 2007 | 1,108 | #303 |
| 2006 | 1,255 | #275 |
| 2005 | 1,447 | #236 |
| 2004 | 1,648 | #213 |
| 2003 | 1,891 | #196 |
| 2002 | 2,172 | #177 |
| 2001 | 2,568 | #156 |
| 2000 | 2,983 | #132 |
| 1999 | 3,216 | #112 |
| 1998 | 3,624 | #103 |
| 1997 | 4,068 | #96 |
| 1996 | 4,391 | #88 |
| 1995 | 4,737 | #79 |
| 1994 | 5,370 | #71 |
| 1993 | 4,584 | #81 |
| 1992 | 4,122 | #91 |
| 1991 | 3,882 | #96 |
| 1990 | 4,021 | #93 |
| 1989 | 3,645 | #93 |
| 1988 | 3,323 | #95 |
| 1987 | 2,870 | #101 |
| 1986 | 2,664 | #105 |
| 1985 | 2,452 | #115 |
| 1984 | 2,151 | #125 |
| 1983 | 1,878 | #143 |
| 1982 | 2,069 | #135 |
| 1981 | 1,969 | #140 |
| 1980 | 1,521 | #164 |
| 1979 | 1,368 | #174 |
| 1978 | 1,269 | #186 |
| 1977 | 1,263 | #185 |
| 1976 | 1,188 | #186 |
| 1975 | 1,179 | #191 |
| 1974 | 1,231 | #183 |
| 1973 | 1,217 | #187 |
| 1972 | 1,366 | #179 |
| 1971 | 1,344 | #189 |
| 1970 | 1,541 | #179 |
| 1969 | 1,653 | #168 |
| 1968 | 1,622 | #166 |
| 1967 | 1,696 | #158 |
| 1966 | 1,729 | #163 |
| 1965 | 1,878 | #159 |
| 1964 | 2,384 | #137 |
| 1963 | 2,710 | #127 |
| 1962 | 2,832 | #128 |
| 1961 | 3,201 | #118 |
| 1960 | 2,973 | #126 |
| 1959 | 2,964 | #127 |
| 1958 | 2,846 | #127 |
| 1957 | 3,025 | #125 |
| 1956 | 2,403 | #136 |
| 1955 | 2,274 | #137 |
| 1954 | 2,145 | #141 |
| 1953 | 1,884 | #151 |
| 1952 | 1,758 | #157 |
| 1951 | 1,439 | #175 |
| 1950 | 1,224 | #181 |
| 1949 | 1,091 | #190 |
| 1948 | 861 | #217 |
| 1947 | 792 | #229 |
| 1946 | 664 | #235 |
| 1945 | 518 | #254 |
| 1944 | 518 | #259 |
| 1943 | 513 | #268 |
| 1942 | 488 | #271 |
| 1941 | 355 | #305 |
| 1940 | 325 | #312 |
| 1939 | 295 | #318 |
| 1938 | 287 | #328 |
| 1937 | 249 | #344 |
| 1936 | 271 | #333 |
| 1935 | 277 | #328 |
| 1934 | 262 | #336 |
| 1933 | 208 | #376 |
| 1932 | 249 | #350 |
| 1931 | 274 | #332 |
| 1930 | 247 | #364 |
| 1929 | 259 | #349 |
| 1928 | 314 | #317 |
| 1927 | 297 | #333 |
| 1926 | 344 | #305 |
| 1925 | 346 | #306 |
| 1924 | 366 | #297 |
| 1923 | 372 | #290 |
| 1922 | 386 | #286 |
| 1921 | 425 | #271 |
| 1920 | 415 | #271 |
| 1919 | 361 | #277 |
| 1918 | 431 | #259 |
| 1917 | 380 | #261 |
| 1916 | 346 | #274 |
| 1915 | 328 | #268 |
| 1914 | 272 | #264 |
| 1913 | 196 | #282 |
| 1912 | 137 | #314 |
| 1911 | 79 | #298 |
| 1910 | 82 | #270 |
| 1909 | 72 | #262 |
| 1908 | 54 | #296 |
| 1907 | 43 | #324 |
| 1906 | 39 | #330 |
| 1905 | 46 | #295 |
| 1904 | 37 | #328 |
| 1903 | 36 | #312 |
| 1902 | 50 | #261 |
| 1901 | 31 | #318 |
| 1900 | 52 | #287 |
| 1899 | 28 | #336 |
| 1898 | 39 | #298 |
| 1897 | 39 | #288 |
| 1896 | 37 | #306 |
| 1895 | 31 | #329 |
| 1894 | 39 | #283 |
| 1893 | 38 | #283 |
| 1892 | 36 | #309 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 30 | #316 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 44 | #269 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 24 | #348 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 34 | #296 |
| 1883 | 30 | #298 |
| 1882 | 36 | #286 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 32 | #291 |
Nicknames for Mitchell
Names like Mitchell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael, Daniel, Matthew, Adam, Joel, Nathan, Patrick, Billy, Jamie, David, Thomas, Alex
Other spellings of Mitchell
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Mitchell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mitchell, updated 20 October 2026.