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 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#8 · 1 in 76
- New Jersey#9 · 1 in 66
- Pennsylvania#12 · 1 in 74
- New York#12 · 1 in 92
- Connecticut#14 · 1 in 80
Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #8 | 60 | 1 in 76 |
| New Jersey | #9 | 732 | 1 in 66 |
| New York | #12 | 1,484 | 1 in 92 |
| Pennsylvania | #12 | 1,139 | 1 in 74 |
| Alaska | #14 | 25 | 1 in 84 |
| Connecticut | #14 | 255 | 1 in 80 |
| Maryland | #15 | 294 | 1 in 86 |
| New Hampshire | #15 | 59 | 1 in 81 |
| Delaware | #18 | 49 | 1 in 73 |
| California | #23 | 1,112 | 1 in 138 |
| District of Columbia | #23 | 79 | 1 in 127 |
| Michigan | #23 | 577 | 1 in 120 |
| Nevada | #23 | 29 | 1 in 90 |
| Rhode Island | #23 | 65 | 1 in 98 |
| Massachusetts | #25 | 365 | 1 in 114 |
| Montana | #27 | 33 | 1 in 127 |
| Ohio | #28 | 641 | 1 in 129 |
| Illinois | #29 | 597 | 1 in 140 |
| Wisconsin | #29 | 272 | 1 in 120 |
| Indiana | #30 | 300 | 1 in 133 |
| Minnesota | #30 | 218 | 1 in 129 |
| South Dakota | #30 | 34 | 1 in 120 |
| Nebraska | #31 | 79 | 1 in 126 |
| Oregon | #31 | 97 | 1 in 135 |
| Wyoming | #32 | 14 | 1 in 118 |
| Idaho | #33 | 31 | 1 in 142 |
| Maine | #33 | 56 | 1 in 123 |
| Iowa | #35 | 134 | 1 in 150 |
| Vermont | #35 | 21 | 1 in 129 |
| Washington | #35 | 151 | 1 in 156 |
| Missouri | #36 | 213 | 1 in 154 |
| West Virginia | #37 | 81 | 1 in 150 |
| Virginia | #38 | 200 | 1 in 165 |
| Florida | #39 | 233 | 1 in 181 |
| Arizona | #41 | 72 | 1 in 180 |
| Kansas | #43 | 82 | 1 in 168 |
| New Mexico | #44 | 45 | 1 in 170 |
| Louisiana | #50 | 150 | 1 in 202 |
| North Dakota | #51 | 23 | 1 in 178 |
| Colorado | #53 | 75 | 1 in 207 |
| Kentucky | #56 | 95 | 1 in 252 |
| Oklahoma | #60 | 66 | 1 in 242 |
| Utah | #60 | 43 | 1 in 210 |
| Arkansas | #66 | 47 | 1 in 277 |
| Texas | #67 | 321 | 1 in 293 |
| South Carolina | #70 | 67 | 1 in 303 |
| North Carolina | #74 | 117 | 1 in 336 |
| Alabama | #81 | 75 | 1 in 348 |
| Georgia | #86 | 104 | 1 in 362 |
| Mississippi | #96 | 47 | 1 in 384 |
| Tennessee | #109 | 61 | 1 in 478 |
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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 146 of them was named Michele, which outranked 99.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 28,032 of them was named Michele, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).