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Mitch

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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
Babies named Mitch, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Mitch
1910s5
1930s17
1940s102
1950s1,077
1960s2,014
1970s482
1980s776
1990s571
2000s298
2010s174
2020s48

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.

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.