Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mitzy isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mitzy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,247
- 0 boys · 1,247 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,893 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,893 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,451 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mitzy’s family of names
In English usage, Mitzy has a related form in Mitzi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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