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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #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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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#514 · 1 in 3,702
- Louisiana#614 · 1 in 4,180
- Texas#712 · 1 in 5,555
- Illinois#769 · 1 in 6,790
- Ohio#934 · 1 in 12,015
Best ever in a state: #251 in Mississippi, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #514 | 5 | 1 in 3,702 |
| Louisiana | #614 | 7 | 1 in 4,180 |
| Texas | #712 | 20 | 1 in 5,555 |
| Illinois | #769 | 11 | 1 in 6,790 |
| Ohio | #934 | 6 | 1 in 12,015 |
| California | #940 | 19 | 1 in 8,596 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 11,917 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1967 at #577 (273 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1963–1978
- 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
- 31.1% of all girls named Michell (2,176) were born in this decade
- 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.
Michell in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 11,717 of them was named Michell, which outranked 91.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,019Nicola138
- #1,019Rasheeda138
- #1,019Roseann138
- #1,025Michell137
- #1,025Katheryn137
- #1,025Lila137
- #1,025Mariana137
- #1,030Ariana136
- #1,030Cameron136
- #1,030Chana136
Tied with 4 names at #1,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 114,769 of them was named Michell, which outranked 59.0% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,777Zebediah16
- #2,777Zebulan16
- #2,777Zvi16
- #2,897Michell15
- #2,897Adel15
- #2,897Ajani15
- #2,897Alexandros15
- #3,018Albino14
- #3,018Alok14
- #3,018Amiel14
Tied with 120 names at #2,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.