Mitchel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mitchel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mitchel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #271, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#394
1997	#462
1998	#356
1999	#400
2000	#491
2001	#444
2002	#611
2003	#577
2004	#599
2005	#766
2006	#814
2007	#926
2008	#1242
2009	#944
2010	#1344
2011	#2613
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2021	#4789
2023	#4991

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2005: #307 among boys in Northern Ireland, #766 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #394 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2005
Highest recorded position: #271 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2005).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Mitchel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 607 births with the name.

Mitchel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mitchel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#394 (1996)	#356 (1998)	#4991 (2023)	22 of 28	607 (1996–2023)	66 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#307 (2005)	2 of 9	6 (1997–2005)	3 (1997)

Mitchel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mitchel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	218	4 of 10	55
2000sbusiest	336	10 of 10	34
2010s	47	6 of 10	8
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mitchel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Mitchel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#766	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#577	39	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#491	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#400	56	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#356	66	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#462	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#394	54	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Misty · #1043, 29y
Mitch · #1241, 25y
Mitchell · #9, 46y
Mithra · #2341, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Cailum · #271, 19y
Nojus · #271, 22y
Gethin · #272, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aedan · #271, 29y
Alister · #271, 28y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Benn · #271, 20y

Mitchel was ranked #271 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mitchel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mitchel without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Mitchel

Andrea Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2403 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #1627.
Leif Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2403 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #1704.
Johannes Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2403 and #2660 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #1903.
Roger Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2403 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #1903.

Moved the opposite way to Mitchel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Mitchel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mitchel went from #394 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #271 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Mitchel

Mitchel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mitchel across 2 official records

Mitchel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mitchel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mitchel and the names beside it

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Mitchel at a glance

Mitchel across 2 official records

Mitchel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mitchel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mitchel

Mitchel and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Mitchel

Moved the opposite way to Mitchel

Moved the same way as Mitchel