Machelle
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 177 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,178since 1946
Machelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Machelle has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
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| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,717 | 60 |
| 1976 | #1,422 | 74 |
| 1975 | #1,375 | 77 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 |
| 1972 | #1,105 | 101 |
| 1971 | #948 | 135 |
| 1970 | #894 | 147 |
| 1969 | #876 | 143 |
| 1968 | #743 | 177 |
| 1967 | #788 | 159 |
| 1966 | #794 | 154 |
| 1965 | #792 | 155 |
| 1964 | #833 | 158 |
| 1963 | #980 | 118 |
| 1962 | #873 | 144 |
| 1961 | #922 | 135 |
| 1960 | #1,015 | 112 |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
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| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Machelle! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Machelle is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#276 · 1 in 1,764
- Iowa#349 · 1 in 3,011
- Washington#373 · 1 in 2,375
- Arkansas#388 · 1 in 2,788
- Oklahoma#424 · 1 in 3,127
Best ever in a state: #205 in South Dakota, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #276 | 6 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Iowa | #349 | 7 | 1 in 3,011 |
| Washington | #373 | 9 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Arkansas | #388 | 5 | 1 in 2,788 |
| Oklahoma | #424 | 5 | 1 in 3,127 |
| Ohio | #506 | 15 | 1 in 5,679 |
| Michigan | #515 | 12 | 1 in 6,127 |
| Missouri | #515 | 6 | 1 in 5,762 |
| Tennessee | #537 | 5 | 1 in 6,066 |
| Indiana | #622 | 5 | 1 in 8,411 |
| California | #801 | 16 | 1 in 9,609 |
| Texas | #844 | 10 | 1 in 9,189 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Machelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1964 (#980 → #833)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1972 (#948 → #1,105)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1968 at #743 (177 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1961–1971
- Highest: 1 in 9,268 girls born in 1968 were named Machelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 45.8% of all girls named Machelle (1,455) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26 | #3,350 (1948) | #3,720 |
| 1950s | 369 | #1,066 (1959) | #2,225 |
| 1960s | 1,455 | #743 (1968) | #862 |
| 1970s | 862 | #894 (1970) | #1,410 |
| 1980s | 276 | #2,246 (1980) | #3,616 |
| 1990s | 135 | #4,380 (1990) | #7,000 |
| 2000s | 36 | #10,690 (2004) | #12,280 |
| 2010s | 19 | #11,257 (2012) | #14,889 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Machelle in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 10,988 of them was named Machelle, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #790Teena156
- #792Dorene155
- #792Lupe155
- #794Machelle154
- #794Anastasia154
- #794Ivy154
- #794Kandy154
- #800Beatriz153
- #800Bettina153
- #800Rona153
Tied with 5 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.