Mechelle
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 287 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,386since 1947
Mechelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Mechelle has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #2,548 | 49 |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #1,802 | 69 |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 |
| 1982 | #1,769 | 62 |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 |
| 1977 | #1,295 | 90 |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 |
| 1975 | #1,055 | 112 |
| 1974 | #912 | 138 |
| 1973 | #882 | 142 |
| 1972 | #780 | 175 |
| 1971 | #677 | 228 |
| 1970 | #692 | 226 |
| 1969 | #614 | 263 |
| 1968 | #563 | 287 |
| 1967 | #585 | 268 |
| 1966 | #580 | 263 |
| 1965 | #939 | 118 |
| 1964 | #1,167 | 89 |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 |
| 1962 | #1,158 | 89 |
| 1961 | #1,193 | 86 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
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| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mechelle! It came in at #4,345, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mechelle is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#435 · 1 in 2,889
- Alabama#453 · 1 in 3,449
- Missouri#453 · 1 in 3,910
- Louisiana#466 · 1 in 2,947
- Colorado#466 · 1 in 3,148
Best ever in a state: #180 in Idaho, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #435 | 6 | 1 in 2,889 |
| Alabama | #453 | 7 | 1 in 3,449 |
| Missouri | #453 | 8 | 1 in 3,910 |
| Colorado | #466 | 5 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Louisiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Tennessee | #514 | 6 | 1 in 4,718 |
| Georgia | #581 | 7 | 1 in 5,140 |
| Virginia | #583 | 5 | 1 in 5,921 |
| Ohio | #638 | 10 | 1 in 7,445 |
| California | #663 | 25 | 1 in 5,483 |
| Florida | #720 | 7 | 1 in 6,355 |
| Texas | #752 | 14 | 1 in 6,883 |
| Illinois | #841 | 8 | 1 in 9,325 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
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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 Mechelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 359 spots in 1966 (#939 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 143 spots in 1975 (#912 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1968 at #563 (287 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1965–1974
- Highest: 1 in 5,716 girls born in 1968 were named Mechelle (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 36.9% of all girls named Mechelle (1,619) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 | #3,350 (1948) | #3,862 |
| 1950s | 284 | #1,326 (1959) | #2,228 |
| 1960s | 1,619 | #563 (1968) | #938 |
| 1970s | 1,353 | #677 (1971) | #1,055 |
| 1980s | 552 | #1,726 (1984) | #2,007 |
| 1990s | 373 | #1,755 (1990) | #3,724 |
| 2000s | 134 | #4,981 (2000) | #8,582 |
| 2010s | 41 | #11,246 (2010) | #13,540 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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.
Mechelle in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 8,693 of them was named Mechelle, which outranked 91.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).