Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Mitchell

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mitchell
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.2% from peak

Peak era

1994

Peak rank proxy

5,370

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19942024

Peak year

1994

Decline from peak

95.2%

2024

258

All-time

163,813

Mitchell once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1994, when 5,370 boys were named Mitchell.

In 2024, only 258 boys were given the name.

Down 95.2% from its peak.

All told, about 163,813 Americans have been named Mitchell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.2% from peak

19945,370 boys named Mitchell

2024258 boys named Mitchell

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