Michell
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 2010 at #8,139
- Given to girls 92.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 273 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,995since 1946
Michell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #2,940 | 59 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,135 | 84 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,048 | 87 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #2,075 | 80 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,229 | 61 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #1,890 | 75 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #1,877 | 75 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #1,533 | 100 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #1,574 | 89 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #1,541 | 86 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #1,411 | 94 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #1,526 | 80 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #1,373 | 94 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 110 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #1,144 | 116 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,053 | 137 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #987 | 148 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,097 | 126 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #1,025 | 137 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #976 | 142 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #891 | 159 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #785 | 182 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #652 | 233 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #621 | 251 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #606 | 255 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #617 | 252 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #596 | 290 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #620 | 275 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #603 | 272 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #611 | 247 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #577 | 273 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #726 | 185 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #846 | 139 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #912 | 131 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #953 | 123 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,024 | 110 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,193 | 86 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #1,156 | 89 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Michell! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Michell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Michell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Michell
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1967
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1976
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1967 at #577 (273 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1963–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,718
- Highest: 1 in 5,718 girls born in 1973 were named Michell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #577 in 1967, was only 1 in 6,048 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 31.1% of all girls named Michell (2,176) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1951
- Mostly boys until 1950, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 33 | #3,217 (1946) | #3,947 |
| 1950s | 316 | #1,230 (1959) | #2,197 |
| 1960s | 1,655 | #577 (1967) | #860 |
| 1970s | 2,176 | #596 (1971) | #739 |
| 1980s | 1,080 | #987 (1981) | #1,290 |
| 1990s | 691 | #1,533 (1990) | #2,101 |
| 2000s | 788 | #1,827 (2000) | #2,298 |
| 2010s | 208 | #3,999 (2011) | #7,893 |
| 2020s | 48 | #9,556 (2024) | #11,226 |
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.
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