Michel
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 74.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 284 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,539since 1880
Michel 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 | #10,107 | 9 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #3,605 | 31 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #2,826 | 42 |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | #2,348 | 55 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | #2,432 | 52 |
| 2007 | #3,096 | 56 | #2,337 | 55 |
| 2006 | #2,459 | 75 | #2,082 | 63 |
| 2005 | #2,636 | 64 | #2,129 | 57 |
| 2004 | #2,652 | 62 | #1,815 | 68 |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | #1,870 | 63 |
| 2002 | #2,605 | 59 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 | #1,841 | 60 |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | #1,768 | 62 |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 | #1,580 | 69 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #1,622 | 64 |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 | #1,333 | 84 |
| 1996 | #2,476 | 51 | #1,465 | 69 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | #1,477 | 65 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | #1,295 | 77 |
| 1992 | #2,650 | 46 | #1,221 | 85 |
| 1991 | #2,270 | 57 | #1,147 | 92 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 | #893 | 132 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 | #891 | 128 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | #907 | 111 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #852 | 120 |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | #816 | 123 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | #891 | 103 |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | #775 | 124 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | #795 | 121 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | #764 | 132 |
| 1981 | #1,809 | 61 | #875 | 103 |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | #911 | 95 |
| 1979 | #1,998 | 51 | #762 | 130 |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 | #770 | 120 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #714 | 142 |
| 1976 | #1,422 | 74 | #763 | 118 |
| 1975 | #1,604 | 61 | #698 | 142 |
| 1974 | #1,688 | 54 | #721 | 129 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 | #676 | 139 |
| 1972 | #1,488 | 64 | #656 | 149 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 | #641 | 165 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 | #627 | 167 |
| 1969 | #1,193 | 87 | #615 | 161 |
| 1968 | #1,223 | 80 | #581 | 169 |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 | #581 | 169 |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 | #561 | 185 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 | #540 | 200 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 | #564 | 196 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 | #524 | 231 |
| 1962 | #1,511 | 55 | #557 | 200 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | #499 | 254 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 | #485 | 267 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 | #520 | 228 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #515 | 226 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #457 | 284 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 | #506 | 223 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | #474 | 239 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | #469 | 241 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 | #458 | 243 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #467 | 223 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | #470 | 209 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | #481 | 193 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 | #517 | 167 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | #576 | 134 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #564 | 144 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #567 | 128 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 | #699 | 76 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #741 | 70 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #736 | 77 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 | #770 | 70 |
| 1941 | — | #938 | 46 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,103 | 34 |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,358 | 29 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,308 | 31 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,329 | 31 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,300 | 21 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Michel was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Michel
- 934 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #4,539)
- 621 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #4,539)
- 1,675 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #910)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1991 (#893 → #1,147)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1957 at #457 (284 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1941–1990
- Highest: 1 in 7,596 boys born in 1957 were named Michel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all boys named Michel (2,309) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #755 (1888) | #858 |
| 1890s | 17 | #661 (1899) | #761 |
| 1900s | 40 | #852 (1906) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 187 | #1,192 (1918) | #1,383 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,304 (1925) | #1,397 |
| 1930s | 249 | #1,103 (1939) | #1,397 |
| 1940s | 949 | #517 (1949) | #718 |
| 1950s | 2,309 | #457 (1957) | #482 |
| 1960s | 2,032 | #485 (1960) | #551 |
| 1970s | 1,401 | #627 (1970) | #703 |
| 1980s | 1,160 | #764 (1982) | #848 |
| 1990s | 822 | #893 (1990) | #1,330 |
| 2000s | 584 | #1,768 (2000) | #2,078 |
| 2010s | 330 | #2,547 (2011) | #3,468 |
| 2020s | 154 | #3,605 (2024) | #4,104 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Michel in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 50,027 of them was named Michel, which outranked 70.4% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,559Waneta28
- #1,559Willette28
- #1,559Zita28
- #1,592Michel27
- #1,592Birtha27
- #1,592Carline27
- #1,592Celine27
- #1,630Aloha26
- #1,630Amie26
- #1,630Annabell26
Tied with 37 names at #1,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 19,731 of them was named Michel, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).