Michele
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 11,219 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 25 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 223,299since 1915
Michele over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,114 | 35 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #2,538 | 72 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #2,227 | 88 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #2,078 | 98 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #1,929 | 107 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #1,480 | 149 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #1,444 | 147 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #1,152 | 196 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #1,057 | 213 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #1,039 | 207 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #860 | 265 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #891 | 247 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #845 | 256 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #729 | 299 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #671 | 324 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #579 | 397 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #515 | 471 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #452 | 563 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #359 | 711 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #328 | 822 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #276 | 1,007 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #244 | 1,164 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #214 | 1,267 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #206 | 1,272 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #205 | 1,310 | #1,734 | 38 |
| 1986 | #188 | 1,424 | #1,662 | 38 |
| 1985 | #182 | 1,477 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #161 | 1,692 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #155 | 1,836 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #135 | 2,227 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #127 | 2,271 | #1,373 | 47 |
| 1980 | #125 | 2,486 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #105 | 2,881 | #1,193 | 58 |
| 1978 | #86 | 3,484 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1977 | #77 | 3,711 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #63 | 4,443 | #1,210 | 51 |
| 1975 | #56 | 5,033 | #1,029 | 64 |
| 1974 | #50 | 5,587 | #977 | 70 |
| 1973 | #44 | 5,996 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #36 | 7,380 | #976 | 69 |
| 1971 | #39 | 7,955 | #1,081 | 57 |
| 1970 | #31 | 10,090 | #926 | 74 |
| 1969 | #30 | 10,556 | #833 | 85 |
| 1968 | #29 | 11,219 | #920 | 62 |
| 1967 | #36 | 10,416 | #862 | 69 |
| 1966 | #36 | 10,689 | #895 | 65 |
| 1965 | #48 | 8,661 | #1,189 | 41 |
| 1964 | #58 | 7,908 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #59 | 7,512 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #59 | 7,428 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1961 | #63 | 6,995 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #89 | 5,609 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #89 | 5,445 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #92 | 5,212 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #99 | 4,746 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1956 | #100 | 4,617 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #93 | 4,768 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #89 | 4,763 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #102 | 3,723 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #110 | 3,406 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #125 | 2,793 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #128 | 2,500 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #135 | 2,381 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #159 | 1,799 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #148 | 1,984 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #187 | 1,375 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #206 | 948 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #187 | 1,159 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #210 | 958 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #254 | 728 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #534 | 172 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #686 | 102 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #930 | 57 | — | |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,816 | 19 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Michele! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Michele is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#31 · 1 in 154
- New York#46 · 1 in 206
- Pennsylvania#48 · 1 in 238
- Rhode Island#52 · 1 in 227
- Connecticut#54 · 1 in 212
Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #31 | 357 | 1 in 154 |
| New York | #46 | 798 | 1 in 206 |
| Pennsylvania | #48 | 487 | 1 in 238 |
| Rhode Island | #52 | 37 | 1 in 227 |
| Connecticut | #54 | 111 | 1 in 212 |
| Maryland | #68 | 108 | 1 in 273 |
| Michigan | #70 | 333 | 1 in 282 |
| Vermont | #72 | 14 | 1 in 248 |
| Massachusetts | #73 | 159 | 1 in 326 |
| District of Columbia | #76 | 45 | 1 in 300 |
| New Hampshire | #78 | 19 | 1 in 282 |
| Hawaii | #80 | 22 | 1 in 286 |
| Nevada | #81 | 8 | 1 in 261 |
| California | #83 | 464 | 1 in 337 |
| Minnesota | #84 | 99 | 1 in 374 |
| Iowa | #89 | 75 | 1 in 377 |
| Ohio | #95 | 268 | 1 in 401 |
| Delaware | #96 | 12 | 1 in 371 |
| Washington | #97 | 69 | 1 in 415 |
| Wyoming | #98 | 8 | 1 in 367 |
| Missouri | #99 | 102 | 1 in 439 |
| South Dakota | #100 | 20 | 1 in 373 |
| Utah | #100 | 25 | 1 in 422 |
| Oregon | #103 | 36 | 1 in 448 |
| Wisconsin | #110 | 76 | 1 in 552 |
| Illinois | #114 | 207 | 1 in 507 |
| Indiana | #117 | 92 | 1 in 549 |
| Nebraska | #120 | 26 | 1 in 556 |
| North Dakota | #128 | 13 | 1 in 518 |
| Alaska | #130 | 6 | 1 in 450 |
| Kansas | #131 | 37 | 1 in 596 |
| Florida | #133 | 73 | 1 in 589 |
| Virginia | #142 | 54 | 1 in 765 |
| Colorado | #148 | 29 | 1 in 646 |
| Idaho | #148 | 11 | 1 in 570 |
| Montana | #148 | 11 | 1 in 624 |
| Maine | #164 | 12 | 1 in 807 |
| Kentucky | #191 | 29 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Arizona | #192 | 16 | 1 in 807 |
| Oklahoma | #193 | 22 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Louisiana | #202 | 39 | 1 in 1,010 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 11 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Texas | #266 | 73 | 1 in 1,573 |
| New Mexico | #280 | 7 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Georgia | #282 | 24 | 1 in 1,946 |
| South Carolina | #297 | 15 | 1 in 1,928 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 23 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Tennessee | #341 | 12 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Mississippi | #349 | 10 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Arkansas | #416 | 5 | 1 in 3,776 |
| Alabama | #461 | 8 | 1 in 4,582 |
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 Michele
- 644 spots since 2024 (#4,114 → #4,758)
- 753 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #4,758)
- 1,912 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #4,758)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1942 (#534 → #254)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 2002 (#860 → #1,039)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1968 at #29 (11,219 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 25 yrs · run 1954–1978
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1938–2001
- Highest: 1 in 146 girls born in 1968 were named Michele (0.68%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.0% of all girls named Michele (86,993) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | #2,833 (1916) | #3,502 |
| 1920s | 122 | #1,961 (1928) | #2,879 |
| 1930s | 317 | #930 (1939) | #1,705 |
| 1940s | 11,606 | #135 (1949) | #271 |
| 1950s | 41,973 | #89 (1959) | #103 |
| 1960s | 86,993 | #29 (1968) | #51 |
| 1970s | 56,560 | #31 (1970) | #59 |
| 1980s | 17,262 | #125 (1980) | #170 |
| 1990s | 6,014 | #244 (1990) | #500 |
| 2000s | 1,717 | #860 (2001) | #1,416 |
| 2010s | 519 | #2,538 (2010) | #3,331 |
| 2020s | 177 | #4,005 (2020) | #4,666 |
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.
Michele in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 435 of them was named Michele, which outranked 98.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 72,941 of them was named Michele, which outranked 67.6% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,418Thornton30
- #1,418Vickie30
- #1,418Zack30
- #1,443Michele29
- #1,443Adalberto29
- #1,443Adrain29
- #1,443Alfonza29
- #1,480Aloysius28
- #1,480Anselmo28
- #1,480Arnett28
Tied with 36 names at #1,443; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.