Mitchell

“From Michael (via Old French Michel); or Middle English for "big"” — Old French/Middle English origin

Boy's name · #954 in the US (2025) · 90s

Mitchell reached #71 in 1994 and has faded to #954 since. About 164,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Mitch is a short form of Mitchell.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,600 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 2,500 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 5,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mitchells

Mitchell Duke — Australian association football player
Mitchell Langerak — Australian association football player
Mitchell Weiser — German association football player
Mitchell Feigenbaum — American mathematical physicist (1944–2019)
Mitchell Ryan — American actor (1934–2022)

In stories & tradition

Mitchell Carson — Marvel Team-Up
Mitchell Pritchett — Modern Family
Mitchell Gant — Firefox

What Mitchells become

Among 554 notable people named Mitchell:

Sports figures appear 2.24× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mitchell Duke, Australian association football player.

Similar names: Alec · Mykel · Lance · Terrell · Nigel · Cordell

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