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

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Peak · girls
1967 · 273 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,995
since 1946

Michell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #577, 1967peak #1,896, 1962girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327—
2024#9,55610—
2023#11,1698—
2022#12,2437—
2021#12,2067—
2020#10,2509—
2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
2017#8,77612—
2016#8,87512—
2015#7,26616—
2014#5,02527—
2013#4,33633—
2012#5,25326—
2011#3,99937—
2010#4,18035#8,1399
2009#2,94059—
2008#2,55773#9,8717
2007#2,19890—
2006#2,14990—
2005#2,40773—
2004#2,13584—
2003#2,04887—
2002#2,64258#9,3926
2001#2,07580#9,2436
2000#1,82794#9,1126
1999#2,36862#7,1398
1998#2,75648—
1997#2,22961#4,96012
1996#2,59148#7,1367
1995#1,95570#6,9927
1994#1,89075#7,7706
1993#1,67989#8,7005
1992#2,12863#4,11414
1991#1,87775#4,00514
1990#1,533100#3,97114
1989#1,57489#4,27112
1988#1,54186#3,52314
1987#1,41194#4,9688
1986#1,52680#3,26814
1985#1,37394#4,3339
1984#1,190110#3,92510
1983#1,144116#6,2385
1982#1,053137#2,83116
1981#987148#6,2625
1980#1,097126#5,5256
1979#1,025137#2,89715
1978#976142#3,8579
1977#891159#3,8369
1976#785182#3,7249
1975#652233#3,24611
1974#621251#2,35817
1973#606255#3,4459
1972#617252#3,3449
1971#596290#4,3756
1970#620275#1,98920
1969#603272#2,30814
1968#611247#2,44512
1967#577273#2,35212
1966#726185#2,21613
1965#846139#3,2447
1964#912131#2,31013
1963#953123#2,20014
1962#1,024110#1,89618
1961#1,19386#2,9009
1960#1,15689#2,21014
1959#1,23075#2,20014
1958#1,63043#2,26513
1957#1,55048#3,0248
1956#2,00529#3,9425
1955#1,97829#2,21913
1954#1,80133#2,7439
1953#2,92114#2,9058
1952#2,20022#2,8758
1951#2,69415—
1950#3,9628#2,43810
1949#3,39310#3,0197
1948#3,8838#2,7888
1947#5,2955#2,6719
1946#3,21710—
1945—#2,9966
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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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNHWashington: #444 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,131 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #700 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,383 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #411 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,271 girlsMINew York: #661 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,741 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedIAIndiana: #496 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,431 girlsINOhio: #441 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,903 girlsOHPennsylvania: #927 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,511 girlsPANew Jersey: #511 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #778 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,884 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedUTColorado: #427 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNEMissouri: #475 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWVVirginia: #575 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,614 girlsVAMaryland: #354 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,351 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedKSArkansas: #319 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,780 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #464 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,676 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #600 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,281 girlsLAMississippi: #261 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,367 girlsMSAlabama: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsALGeorgia: #705 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,814 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedHITexas: #633 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,718 girlsTXFlorida: #598 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,772 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#261 · 1 in 1,367
  2. Arkansas#319 · 1 in 1,780
  3. Maryland#354 · 1 in 2,351
  4. Michigan#411 · 1 in 3,271
  5. Colorado#427 · 1 in 2,608

Best ever in a state: #251 in Mississippi, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#261121 in 1,367
Arkansas#31971 in 1,780
Maryland#35481 in 2,351
Michigan#411181 in 3,271
Colorado#42761 in 2,608
Ohio#441181 in 3,903
Washington#44461 in 3,131
Alabama#44871 in 3,281
North Carolina#46491 in 3,875
Missouri#47571 in 4,165
South Carolina#49151 in 3,676
Indiana#49681 in 4,431
New Jersey#511101 in 3,819
Virginia#57551 in 5,614
Florida#59891 in 4,772
Louisiana#60061 in 4,281
Texas#633201 in 4,718
New York#661181 in 5,741
Illinois#700111 in 6,383
Georgia#70551 in 6,814
California#778191 in 6,884
Pennsylvania#92751 in 13,511
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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 Michell
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #11,932)
  • 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
  • 4,666 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1967 (#726 → #577)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1976 (#652 → #785)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s33#3,217 (1946)#3,947
1950s316#1,230 (1959)#2,197
1960s1,655#577 (1967)#860
1970s2,176#596 (1971)#739
1980s1,080#987 (1981)#1,290
1990s691#1,533 (1990)#2,101
2000s788#1,827 (2000)#2,298
2010s208#3,999 (2011)#7,893
2020s48#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.

Michell in 1973

girls
#606
255 births · 1 in 5,718 girls
boys
#3,445
9 births · 1 in 173,175 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #606Michell255

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #3,445Michell9
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 5,718 of them was named Michell, which outranked 93.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #603Colette262
  2. #604Sheree260
  3. #605Janell258
  4. #606Michell255
  5. #606Danette255
  6. #606Marnie255
  7. #609Latosha254
  8. #609Mitzi254
  9. #611Elsa253

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 173,175 of them was named Michell, which outranked 41.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #3,223Westly10
  2. #3,223York10
  3. #3,223Yul10
  4. #3,445Michell9
  5. #3,445Abu9
  6. #3,445Achilles9
  7. #3,445Adams9
  8. #3,694Abayomi8
  9. #3,694Adarryll8
  10. #3,694Adin8

Tied with 248 names at #3,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →