Mitchel is an established variant of Michael that peaked in 1994 and has since faded.
Mitchel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,037 for boy births in the United States (and #16,782 across all names), given to 10 babies. Mitchel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1994 (407 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,037 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,373 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,398 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,373 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,964 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,188 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,431 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,178 |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,193 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,165 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,497 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,590 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,823 |
| 2012 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,153 |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,303 |
| 2010 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,882 |
| 2008 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,730 |
| 2007 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,767 |
| 2006 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,485 |
| 2005 | 122 | 122 | #18,314 | #1,306 |
| 2004 | 129 | 129 | #17,926 | #1,230 |
| 2003 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,042 |
| 2002 | 173 | 173 | — | #927 |
| 2001 | 170 | 170 | — | #918 |
| 2000 | 225 | 225 | — | #752 |
| 1999 | 246 | 246 | — | #686 |
| 1998 | 274 | 274 | — | #643 |
| 1997 | 299 | — | — | #594 |
| 1996 | 323 | — | — | #567 |
| 1995 | 366 | — | — | #528 |
| 1994 | 407 | — | — | #499 |
| 1993 | 375 | — | — | #531 |
| 1992 | 289 | — | — | #607 |
| 1991 | 313 | — | — | #571 |
| 1990 | 312 | — | — | #574 |
| 1989 | 275 | — | #11,830 | #597 |
| 1988 | 247 | — | — | #595 |
| 1987 | 242 | — | #10,773 | #589 |
| 1986 | 199 | — | — | #634 |
| 1985 | 161 | — | — | #695 |
| 1984 | 163 | — | — | #678 |
| 1983 | 132 | — | — | #754 |
| 1982 | 135 | — | — | #758 |
| 1981 | 130 | — | — | #767 |
| 1980 | 102 | — | — | #890 |
| 1979 | 89 | — | — | #933 |
| 1978 | 88 | — | — | #925 |
| 1977 | 67 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1976 | 80 | — | — | #936 |
| 1975 | 94 | — | — | #860 |
| 1974 | 76 | — | — | #940 |
| 1973 | 86 | — | — | #858 |
| 1972 | 107 | — | — | #775 |
| 1971 | 100 | — | — | #809 |
| 1970 | 97 | — | — | #823 |
| 1969 | 103 | — | — | #769 |
| 1968 | 130 | — | — | #663 |
| 1967 | 107 | — | — | #717 |
| 1966 | 144 | — | — | #618 |
| 1965 | 128 | — | — | #657 |
| 1964 | 179 | — | — | #591 |
| 1963 | 197 | — | — | #564 |
| 1962 | 203 | — | — | #554 |
| 1961 | 217 | — | — | #540 |
| 1960 | 225 | — | — | #529 |
| 1959 | 252 | — | — | #494 |
| 1958 | 260 | — | — | #486 |
| 1957 | 202 | — | — | #544 |
| 1956 | 196 | — | — | #537 |
| 1955 | 192 | — | — | #531 |
| 1954 | 155 | — | — | #595 |
| 1953 | 161 | — | — | #561 |
| 1952 | 161 | — | — | #552 |
| 1951 | 135 | — | — | #600 |
| 1950 | 124 | — | — | #618 |
| 1949 | 118 | — | — | #631 |
| 1948 | 101 | — | — | #672 |
| 1947 | 82 | — | — | #761 |
| 1946 | 78 | — | — | #750 |
| 1945 | 57 | — | — | #836 |
| 1944 | 56 | — | — | #850 |
| 1943 | 69 | — | — | #793 |
| 1942 | 56 | — | — | #886 |
| 1941 | 55 | — | — | #853 |
| 1940 | 44 | — | — | #978 |
| 1939 | 41 | — | — | #1,002 |
| 1938 | 47 | — | — | #925 |
| 1937 | 33 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | — | #1,263 |
| 1935 | 39 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1934 | 50 | — | — | #894 |
| 1933 | 36 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1931 | 45 | — | — | #993 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1929 | 45 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1928 | 45 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1927 | 52 | — | — | #972 |
| 1926 | 60 | — | — | #871 |
| 1925 | 55 | — | — | #912 |
| 1924 | 47 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1923 | 48 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1922 | 60 | — | — | #902 |
| 1921 | 56 | — | — | #946 |
| 1920 | 63 | — | — | #860 |
| 1919 | 61 | — | — | #845 |
| 1918 | 56 | — | — | #892 |
| 1917 | 48 | — | — | #930 |
| 1916 | 47 | — | — | #934 |
| 1915 | 53 | — | — | #852 |
| 1914 | 47 | — | — | #774 |
| 1913 | 36 | — | — | #794 |
| 1912 | 34 | — | — | #747 |
| 1911 | 19 | — | — | #749 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | — | #811 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | — | #654 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,191 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | — | #796 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | — | #825 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | — | #993 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,245 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #908 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #872 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | — | #732 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | — | #691 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | — | #671 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #922 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,107 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | — | #708 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #886 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #633 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #880 |