Michelle
#465 for girls in 2025, 661 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #7,502
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 34,319 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 54 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 816,510since 1915
Michelle 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 | #465 | 661 | — | |
| 2024 | #409 | 775 | — | |
| 2023 | #401 | 766 | — | |
| 2022 | #377 | 827 | — | |
| 2021 | #394 | 799 | — | |
| 2020 | #336 | 923 | — | |
| 2019 | #292 | 1,144 | — | |
| 2018 | #263 | 1,249 | — | |
| 2017 | #215 | 1,429 | — | |
| 2016 | #209 | 1,562 | — | |
| 2015 | #192 | 1,706 | — | |
| 2014 | #188 | 1,751 | — | |
| 2013 | #168 | 1,892 | — | |
| 2012 | #162 | 1,935 | — | |
| 2011 | #144 | 2,180 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #125 | 2,510 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #104 | 3,078 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #101 | 3,343 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #94 | 3,596 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #81 | 4,090 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #74 | 4,312 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #66 | 4,720 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #62 | 4,873 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #58 | 4,950 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #59 | 5,033 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #52 | 5,545 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #56 | 5,303 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #55 | 5,562 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #55 | 5,695 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #47 | 6,598 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #41 | 7,392 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #33 | 8,639 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #31 | 10,193 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #25 | 11,512 | #1,884 | 43 |
| 1991 | #22 | 12,213 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #22 | 13,425 | #1,516 | 56 |
| 1989 | #22 | 13,376 | #1,102 | 92 |
| 1988 | #21 | 13,339 | #1,329 | 60 |
| 1987 | #21 | 13,034 | #1,114 | 74 |
| 1986 | #23 | 13,303 | #1,028 | 81 |
| 1985 | #22 | 13,973 | #1,125 | 68 |
| 1984 | #17 | 15,499 | #1,000 | 79 |
| 1983 | #13 | 16,838 | #972 | 82 |
| 1982 | #11 | 17,765 | #1,013 | 80 |
| 1981 | #11 | 17,781 | #914 | 96 |
| 1980 | #10 | 19,119 | #894 | 100 |
| 1979 | #10 | 19,266 | #1,023 | 75 |
| 1978 | #9 | 18,856 | #945 | 84 |
| 1977 | #7 | 19,540 | #937 | 82 |
| 1976 | #6 | 19,550 | #911 | 83 |
| 1975 | #6 | 22,665 | #780 | 113 |
| 1974 | #3 | 25,826 | #771 | 109 |
| 1973 | #3 | 26,935 | #745 | 116 |
| 1972 | #2 | 29,285 | #688 | 135 |
| 1971 | #2 | 33,160 | #676 | 150 |
| 1970 | #4 | 34,047 | #734 | 125 |
| 1969 | #2 | 34,319 | #673 | 138 |
| 1968 | #2 | 33,223 | #660 | 130 |
| 1967 | #3 | 30,827 | #705 | 110 |
| 1966 | #4 | 27,159 | #757 | 93 |
| 1965 | #18 | 16,215 | #1,012 | 53 |
| 1964 | #23 | 16,180 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1963 | #26 | 14,383 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #31 | 13,353 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #34 | 12,741 | #1,233 | 41 |
| 1960 | #39 | 9,893 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #47 | 8,776 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #56 | 7,458 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #79 | 5,982 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #88 | 5,327 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #97 | 4,526 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #94 | 4,432 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #107 | 3,631 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #124 | 2,881 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #151 | 2,133 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #174 | 1,633 | — | |
| 1949 | #213 | 1,248 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #230 | 1,044 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #248 | 914 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #263 | 755 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #307 | 499 | — | |
| 1944 | #341 | 405 | — | |
| 1943 | #373 | 370 | — | |
| 1942 | #482 | 233 | — | |
| 1941 | #612 | 133 | — | |
| 1940 | #726 | 92 | — | |
| 1939 | #918 | 59 | — | |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
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| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Michelle! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Michelle is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#6 · 1 in 65
- California#11 · 1 in 96
- New York#13 · 1 in 95
- Maine#14 · 1 in 78
- Wyoming#15 · 1 in 73
Best ever in a state: #1 in Colorado, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #6 | 76 | 1 in 65 |
| California | #11 | 2,102 | 1 in 96 |
| New York | #13 | 1,121 | 1 in 95 |
| Maine | #14 | 82 | 1 in 78 |
| Massachusetts | #15 | 391 | 1 in 89 |
| New Mexico | #15 | 103 | 1 in 93 |
| Washington | #15 | 313 | 1 in 88 |
| Wyoming | #15 | 38 | 1 in 73 |
| Illinois | #16 | 782 | 1 in 93 |
| New Jersey | #16 | 457 | 1 in 88 |
| Utah | #16 | 178 | 1 in 81 |
| Arizona | #17 | 240 | 1 in 96 |
| District of Columbia | #17 | 62 | 1 in 92 |
| Nevada | #18 | 63 | 1 in 76 |
| Oregon | #18 | 161 | 1 in 97 |
| Rhode Island | #18 | 57 | 1 in 84 |
| Colorado | #19 | 219 | 1 in 100 |
| Idaho | #19 | 68 | 1 in 88 |
| Montana | #19 | 48 | 1 in 91 |
| New Hampshire | #19 | 70 | 1 in 85 |
| Florida | #20 | 625 | 1 in 104 |
| Connecticut | #21 | 190 | 1 in 90 |
| Michigan | #21 | 561 | 1 in 102 |
| Missouri | #21 | 320 | 1 in 101 |
| Kansas | #22 | 138 | 1 in 106 |
| Nebraska | #22 | 109 | 1 in 92 |
| Ohio | #22 | 658 | 1 in 105 |
| South Dakota | #22 | 48 | 1 in 86 |
| Alaska | #23 | 42 | 1 in 95 |
| Iowa | #23 | 154 | 1 in 112 |
| Maryland | #23 | 227 | 1 in 106 |
| Vermont | #23 | 31 | 1 in 88 |
| Indiana | #24 | 286 | 1 in 119 |
| Texas | #24 | 975 | 1 in 137 |
| Wisconsin | #24 | 313 | 1 in 98 |
| Pennsylvania | #26 | 600 | 1 in 115 |
| Louisiana | #27 | 229 | 1 in 131 |
| Minnesota | #29 | 248 | 1 in 115 |
| Oklahoma | #29 | 145 | 1 in 139 |
| Virginia | #29 | 274 | 1 in 120 |
| Delaware | #31 | 31 | 1 in 99 |
| North Dakota | #32 | 40 | 1 in 115 |
| West Virginia | #32 | 69 | 1 in 142 |
| Kentucky | #33 | 143 | 1 in 149 |
| Georgia | #37 | 216 | 1 in 172 |
| South Carolina | #38 | 102 | 1 in 175 |
| Tennessee | #39 | 154 | 1 in 180 |
| Arkansas | #40 | 75 | 1 in 169 |
| North Carolina | #42 | 181 | 1 in 196 |
| Alabama | #49 | 97 | 1 in 225 |
| Mississippi | #54 | 61 | 1 in 242 |
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 Michelle
- 56 spots since 2024 (#409 → #465)
- 129 spots since 2020 (#336 → #465)
- 273 spots since 2015 (#192 → #465)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1938 (#1,196 → #955)
- Biggest drop: 58 spots in 2021 (#336 → #394)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1969 at #2 (34,319 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: 15 yrs · run 1966–1980
- Top 100: 54 yrs · run 1954–2007
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1938–2025
- Highest: 1 in 49 girls born in 1969 were named Michelle (2.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,432 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Michelle (249,130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,817 (1919) | #4,300 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,030 |
| 1930s | 293 | #918 (1939) | #1,640 |
| 1940s | 5,693 | #213 (1949) | #380 |
| 1950s | 46,779 | #47 (1959) | #102 |
| 1960s | 208,293 | #2 (1969) | #18 |
| 1970s | 249,130 | #2 (1971) | #5 |
| 1980s | 154,027 | #10 (1980) | #17 |
| 1990s | 86,532 | #22 (1990) | #39 |
| 2000s | 43,540 | #52 (2000) | #75 |
| 2010s | 17,358 | #125 (2010) | #196 |
| 2020s | 4,751 | #336 (2020) | #397 |
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.
Michelle in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 123 of them was named Michelle, which outranked 99.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 27,180 of them was named Michelle, which outranked 85.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,116Mikael69
- #1,116Rey69
- #1,116Tavaris69
- #1,125Michelle68
- #1,125Anson68
- #1,125Brien68
- #1,125Caesar68
- #1,133Anders67
- #1,133Britt67
- #1,133Bruno67
Tied with 7 names at #1,125; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.