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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mitchell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mitchell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mitchell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mitchell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mitchell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mitchell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mitchell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mitchell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 32 0.000158822 32 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 36 0.000162504 36 -100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 -100%
1884 34 0.000139653 34 -100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 -100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 -100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 -100%
1888 44 0.000146924 44 -100%
1889 21 0.000072678 21 -100%
1890 30 0.000099535 30 -100%
1891 29 0.000101161 29 -100%
1892 36 0.000107664 36 -100%
1893 38 0.000116843 38 -100%
1894 39 0.00011515 39 -100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 -100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 -100%
1897 39 0.000112406 39 -100%
1898 39 0.00010224 39 -100%
1899 28 0.000082539 28 -100%
1900 52 0.000115489 52 -100%
1901 31 0.000089644 31 -100%
1902 50 0.000129288 50 -100%
1903 36 0.000094439 36 -100%
1904 37 0.000091701 37 -100%
1905 46 0.000108511 46 -100%
1906 39 0.000091026 39 -100%
1907 43 0.000092396 43 -100%
1908 54 0.000110509 54 -100%
1909 72 0.000140838 72 -100%
1910 82 0.000138816 82 -100%
1911 79 0.000122618 79 -100%
1912 137 0.000138655 137 -100%
1913 201 0.000176764 5 196 -95%
1914 272 0.000192044 272 -100%
1915 336 0.000183363 8 328 -95%
1916 346 0.000178865 346 -100%
1917 380 0.000189361 380 -100%
1918 437 0.000201279 6 431 -97%
1919 368 0.000174387 7 361 -96%
1920 422 0.000186508 7 415 -97%
1921 425 0.000182051 425 -100%
1922 391 0.000170805 5 386 -97%
1923 377 0.000163736 5 372 -97%
1924 366 0.000153678 366 -100%
1925 346 0.000148288 346 -100%
1926 351 0.000152881 7 344 -96%
1927 304 0.000131071 7 297 -95%
1928 314 0.00013888 314 -100%
1929 259 0.000118148 259 -100%
1930 247 0.000111097 247 -100%
1931 279 0.00013258 5 274 -96%
1932 249 0.000117937 249 -100%
1933 213 0.000106529 5 208 -95%
1934 267 0.000128562 5 262 -96%
1935 282 0.000134935 5 277 -96%
1936 271 0.00013044 271 -100%
1937 249 0.000116865 249 -100%
1938 287 0.000129713 287 -100%
1939 295 0.000133881 295 -100%
1940 332 0.00014418 7 325 -96%
1941 355 0.000145705 355 -100%
1942 488 0.000178636 488 -100%
1943 513 0.00018175 513 -100%
1944 526 0.000195533 8 518 -97%
1945 518 0.000195257 518 -100%
1946 670 0.000209683 6 664 -98%
1947 799 0.000221801 8 791 -98%
1948 870 0.00025199 9 861 -98%
1949 1091 0.000313076 1091 -100%
1950 1224 0.000349379 1224 -100%
1951 1446 0.000392536 7 1439 -99%
1952 1764 0.000464454 6 1758 -99%
1953 1893 0.000491223 9 1884 -99%
1954 2154 0.00054111 9 2145 -99%
1955 2282 0.000568357 8 2274 -99%
1956 2408 0.000584036 5 2403 -100%
1957 3036 0.000722489 10 3026 -99%
1958 2859 0.000691598 14 2845 -99%
1959 2974 0.000715249 10 2964 -99%
1960 2988 0.000719339 17 2971 -99%
1961 3212 0.000775414 11 3201 -99%
1962 2849 0.000706007 18 2831 -99%
1963 2722 0.000687686 13 2709 -99%
1964 2391 0.000615032 8 2383 -99%
1965 1893 0.000522142 12 1881 -99%
1966 1738 0.00050005 10 1728 -99%
1967 1712 0.000504286 16 1696 -98%
1968 1635 0.000483955 12 1623 -99%
1969 1666 0.00047938 13 1653 -98%
1970 1559 0.000432273 18 1541 -98%
1971 1363 0.000397103 18 1345 -97%
1972 1382 0.000439708 16 1366 -98%
1973 1231 0.000408036 14 1217 -98%
1974 1253 0.000412171 22 1231 -96%
1975 1191 0.00039445 13 1178 -98%
1976 1196 0.00039416 8 1188 -99%
1977 1280 0.00040296 17 1263 -97%
1978 1283 0.000404238 14 1269 -98%
1979 1387 0.000416892 19 1368 -97%
1980 1535 0.000445637 14 1521 -98%
1981 1997 0.000577272 28 1969 -97%
1982 2093 0.000596643 24 2069 -98%
1983 1901 0.000548892 23 1878 -98%
1984 2181 0.000625151 29 2152 -97%
1985 2479 0.000694571 27 2452 -98%
1986 2699 0.000758769 35 2664 -97%
1987 2893 0.00080236 23 2870 -98%
1988 3361 0.000909597 38 3323 -98%
1989 3671 0.000954884 26 3645 -99%
1990 4041 0.001022397 20 4021 -99%
1991 3906 0.001002756 24 3882 -99%
1992 4149 0.001080111 27 4122 -99%
1993 4620 0.001225373 36 4584 -98%
1994 5391 0.001450108 21 5370 -99%
1995 4752 0.001297597 15 4737 -99%
1996 4411 0.001209423 20 4391 -99%
1997 4082 0.001125836 14 4068 -99%
1998 3641 0.000989884 17 3624 -99%
1999 3229 0.000874152 13 3216 -99%
2000 2996 0.000792613 13 2983 -99%
2001 2589 0.000691619 21 2568 -98%
2002 2192 0.000586364 20 2172 -98%
2003 1900 0.000499695 9 1891 -99%
2004 1665 0.000435759 17 1648 -98%
2005 1462 0.000380249 15 1447 -98%
2006 1261 0.000318741 7 1254 -99%
2007 1119 0.000279912 11 1108 -98%
2008 989 0.000251611 10 979 -98%
2009 866 0.000226691 11 855 -97%
2010 743 0.000201042 6 737 -98%
2011 676 0.000184811 9 667 -97%
2012 588 0.000160771 588 -100%
2013 616 0.000168968 616 -100%
2014 570 0.000153789 7 563 -98%
2015 478 0.000129157 5 473 -98%
2016 465 0.000126748 465 -100%
2017 401 0.00011213 5 396 -98%
2018 405 0.000115191 6 399 -97%
2019 358 0.000103142 358 -100%
2020 342 0.000102378 342 -100%
2021 305 0.000090025 305 -100%
2022 305 0.000090153 305 -100%
2023 291 0.000087884 291 -100%
2024 258 0.000077512 258 -100%

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