# Mitchell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mitchell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “michael”, “big” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪt͡ʃəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mitch |
| Variant spellings | Michell, Mitchel, Matsell |
| US babies named this | 165,191 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 164,063 / 1,128 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,232, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 | 5,501 |
| 2002 | 20 | 5,832 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,024 |
| 2004 | 17 | 6,999 |
| 2005 | 15 | 7,793 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,636 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,602 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11,340 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,445 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,337 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,864 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,113 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,290 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,622 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 667 | 419 |
| 2012 | 588 | 465 |
| 2013 | 616 | 457 |
| 2014 | 563 | 502 |
| 2015 | 473 | 586 |
| 2016 | 465 | 590 |
| 2017 | 396 | 652 |
| 2018 | 399 | 645 |
| 2019 | 358 | 701 |
| 2020 | 342 | 726 |
| 2021 | 306 | 800 |
| 2022 | 305 | 816 |
| 2023 | 291 | 839 |
| 2024 | 259 | 906 |
| 2025 | 245 | 954 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 179 | 266 |
| 2012 | 158 | 290 |
| 2013 | 110 | 369 |
| 2014 | 90 | 449 |
| 2015 | 89 | 456 |
| 2016 | 71 | 546 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Mitchell

- Mitchell Duke, Australian association football player
- Mitchell Langerak, Australian association football player
- Mitchell Weiser, German association football player
- Mitchell Ryan, American actor (1934–2022)
- Mitchell Watt, Australian track and field athlete
- Mitchell Marner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
- Mitchell Leisen, American film director (1898-1972)
- Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman; former CEO (born 1957)
- Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer
- Mitchell Marsh, Australian cricketer
- Mitchell Robinson, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Mitchell Starc, Australian international cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.