Mitch
Mitch is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 396th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1961401 births
- Best rank
- #396in 1961
- Since 1916
- 5,564people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,564 boys have been named Mitch in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 401 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 401 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mitch | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 17 | |
| 1940s | 102 | |
| 1950s | 1,077 | |
| 1960s | 2,014 | |
| 1970s | 482 | |
| 1980s | 776 | |
| 1990s | 571 | |
| 2000s | 298 | |
| 2010s | 174 | |
| 2020s | 48 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Mitch was the 396th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Mitch
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darrylpeak 1961
- Gregpeak 1961
- Russpeak 1959
- Timmypeak 1960
- Timmiepeak 1959
- Markpeak 1960
- Rickypeak 1958
- Dougpeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.