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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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
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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 1984

  • 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: #640 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,372 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: #1,211 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,523 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMINew York: #1,443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,395 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: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedINOhio: #999 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,835 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #849 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 7,704 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedHITexas: #855 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,152 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#640 · 1 in 5,372
  2. California#849 · 1 in 7,704
  3. Texas#855 · 1 in 8,152
  4. Ohio#999 · 1 in 13,835
  5. Illinois#1,211 · 1 in 14,523

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#64051 in 5,372
California#849251 in 7,704
Texas#855161 in 8,152
Ohio#99951 in 13,835
Illinois#1,21151 in 14,523
New York#1,44361 in 17,395
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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 1984

girls
#1,190
110 births · 1 in 15,307 girls
boys
#3,925
10 births · 1 in 180,485 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,190Michell110

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #3,925Michell10
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 15,307 of them was named Michell, which outranked 90.2% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #1,184Layla111
  2. #1,184Renata111
  3. #1,184Talisha111
  4. #1,190Michell110
  5. #1,190Adina110
  6. #1,190Amalia110
  7. #1,190Chelsi110
  8. #1,197Britany109
  9. #1,197Chantell109
  10. #1,197Danna109

Tied with 6 names at #1,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 180,485 of them was named Michell, which outranked 46.5% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #3,701Zachari11
  2. #3,701Zacheriah11
  3. #3,701Zephaniah11
  4. #3,925Michell10
  5. #3,925Adama10
  6. #3,925Adrean10
  7. #3,925Adriana10
  8. #4,215Aarin9
  9. #4,215Acie9
  10. #4,215Adebayo9

Tied with 289 names at #3,925; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →