Michele

#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1968 · 11,219 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
25 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
223,299
since 1915

Michele over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #29, 1968girls
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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#4,75828
2024#4,11435
2023#5,24824#8,2559
2022#4,29533#9,8237
2021#5,57322#8,8258
2020#4,00535#8,7398
2019#4,77328#7,64310
2018#4,45831#8,8198
2017#4,06636#8,1409
2016#2,82960#6,34913
2015#2,84661
2014#3,32648#12,1085
2013#2,72663#8,1189
2012#2,80562#7,55910
2011#2,94558#7,50210
2010#2,53872#7,59110
2009#2,22788#7,69210
2008#2,07898#6,39313
2007#1,929107#5,66115
2006#1,480149#6,90411
2005#1,444147#6,63411
2004#1,152196#4,60218
2003#1,057213#4,42618
2002#1,039207#4,04420
2001#860265#3,32126
2000#891247#3,64022
1999#845256#4,16217
1998#729299#4,19716
1997#671324#4,24615
1996#579397#4,18515
1995#515471#3,69317
1994#452563#3,21521
1993#359711#2,64127
1992#328822#2,90923
1991#2761,007#2,82823
1990#2441,164#2,04936
1989#2141,267#1,76643
1988#2061,272#1,98932
1987#2051,310#1,73438
1986#1881,424#1,66238
1985#1821,477#1,79433
1984#1611,692#1,72333
1983#1551,836#1,63136
1982#1352,227#1,62237
1981#1272,271#1,37347
1980#1252,486#1,59337
1979#1052,881#1,19358
1978#863,484#1,43842
1977#773,711#1,28948
1976#634,443#1,21051
1975#565,033#1,02964
1974#505,587#97770
1973#445,996#1,14751
1972#367,380#97669
1971#397,955#1,08157
1970#3110,090#92674
1969#3010,556#83385
1968#2911,219#92062
1967#3610,416#86269
1966#3610,689#89565
1965#488,661#1,18941
1964#587,908#1,16144
1963#597,512#1,05252
1962#597,428#1,09149
1961#636,995#1,40632
1960#895,609#1,27338
1959#895,445#1,36033
1958#925,212#1,34533
1957#994,746#1,48728
1956#1004,617#1,44329
1955#934,768#1,61123
1954#894,763#1,55924
1953#1023,723#1,55124
1952#1103,406#1,51725
1951#1252,793#1,68320
1950#1282,500#1,65720
1949#1352,381#1,66720
1948#1591,799#2,44310
1947#1481,984#1,91616
1946#1871,375#1,81316
1945#206948#1,92613
1944#1871,159#2,30910
1943#210958#1,91015
1942#254728#2,26811
1941#534172#2,6568
1940#686102#2,4789
1939#93057
1938#97253#2,08412
1937#1,04846
1936#1,16537#2,4529
1935#1,24433
1934#1,60322#3,6795
1933#1,36428#2,09312
1932#1,44827#2,31311
1931#3,2268#3,0957
1930#4,0476#2,17813
1929#2,73711#2,19913
1928#1,96119#2,04815
1927#2,33915#2,19314
1926#1,99719#1,91117
1925#2,93911#1,67921
1924#2,80912#1,83919
1923#2,73212#1,81619
1922#3,6558#2,14315
1921#3,6668#1,76620
1920#3,9577#1,64222
1919#3,8177#1,62421
1918#3,2449#1,90517
1917#3,3448#1,36226
1916#2,83310#1,41524
1915#4,2745#2,07013
1914#1,68714
1913#1,49713
1912#2,5445
1911#1,11710
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1905#1,2335
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Michele! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Michele is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedAKMaine: #203 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,454 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNHWashington: #133 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 695 girlsWAIdaho: #153 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 768 girlsIDMontana: #117 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 496 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #134 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 881 girlsMNIllinois: #123 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 696 girlsILWisconsin: #192 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,776 girlsWIMichigan: #124 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 733 girlsMINew York: #107 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 486 girlsNYMassachusetts: #119 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 807 girlsMARhode Island: #155 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,142 girlsRIOregon: #181 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,245 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedSDIowa: #196 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsIAIndiana: #176 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,282 girlsINOhio: #147 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 998 girlsOHPennsylvania: #163 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 999 girlsPANew Jersey: #110 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 511 girlsNJConnecticut: #97 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 493 girlsCTCalifornia: #100 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 478 girlsCAUtah: #180 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 943 girlsUTColorado: #196 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,136 girlsCONebraska: #197 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,436 girlsNEMissouri: #210 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,536 girlsMOKentucky: #463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,552 girlsKYWest Virginia: #321 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,052 girlsWVVirginia: #322 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,266 girlsVAMaryland: #260 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,254 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedDEArizona: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 933 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNMKansas: #161 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,029 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedARTennessee: #399 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,441 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #336 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,980 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #190 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #340 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,439 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedALGeorgia: #392 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,963 girlsGAHawaii: #195 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 786 girlsHITexas: #450 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,784 girlsTXFlorida: #299 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,228 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#97 · 1 in 493
  2. California#100 · 1 in 478
  3. New York#107 · 1 in 486
  4. New Jersey#110 · 1 in 511
  5. Montana#117 · 1 in 496

Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#97291 in 493
California#1001671 in 478
New York#1072171 in 486
New Jersey#110641 in 511
Montana#11781 in 496
Massachusetts#119441 in 807
Illinois#123911 in 696
Michigan#124691 in 733
Washington#133271 in 695
Minnesota#134271 in 881
Ohio#147601 in 998
Idaho#15361 in 768
Rhode Island#15551 in 1,142
Kansas#161141 in 1,029
Pennsylvania#163801 in 999
Indiana#176241 in 1,282
Utah#18071 in 943
Oregon#18181 in 1,245
District of Columbia#19081 in 1,152
Wisconsin#192151 in 1,776
Hawaii#19561 in 786
Colorado#19691 in 1,136
Iowa#196121 in 1,680
Nebraska#19771 in 1,436
Maine#20351 in 1,454
Missouri#210201 in 1,536
Arizona#21371 in 933
Maryland#26081 in 2,254
Florida#299101 in 2,228
West Virginia#32161 in 3,052
Virginia#32291 in 3,266
South Carolina#33681 in 2,980
Louisiana#340111 in 2,439
Georgia#39291 in 3,963
Tennessee#39971 in 4,441
Texas#450201 in 3,784
Kentucky#46351 in 5,552
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

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.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 644 spots since 2024 (#4,114#4,758)
  • 753 spots since 2020 (#4,005#4,758)
  • 1,912 spots since 2015 (#2,846#4,758)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1942 (#534#254)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 2002 (#860#1,039)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1968 at #29 (11,219 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 25 yrs · run 1954–1978
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1938–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 146
  • Highest: 1 in 146 girls born in 1968 were named Michele (0.68%)
  • Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 39.0% of all girls named Michele (86,993) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s39#2,833 (1916)#3,502
1920s122#1,961 (1928)#2,879
1930s317#930 (1939)#1,705
1940s11,606#135 (1949)#271
1950s41,973#89 (1959)#103
1960s86,993#29 (1968)#51
1970s56,560#31 (1970)#59
1980s17,262#125 (1980)#170
1990s6,014#244 (1990)#500
2000s1,717#860 (2001)#1,416
2010s519#2,538 (2010)#3,331
2020s177#4,005 (2020)#4,666

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.

Michele in 1944

girls
#187
1,159 births · 1 in 1,145 girls
boys
#2,309
10 births · 1 in 136,288 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #187Michele1,159

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #2,309Michele10
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 1,145 of them was named Michele, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #184Vera1,188
  2. #185Mattie1,186
  3. #186Janie1,163
  4. #187Michele1,159
  5. #188Veronica1,137
  6. #189Bessie1,122
  7. #190Rosalie1,098
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 136,288 of them was named Michele, which outranked 40.9% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #2,195Woodford11
  2. #2,195Ygnacio11
  3. #2,195Zollie11
  4. #2,309Michele10
  5. #2,309Adrien10
  6. #2,309Aldean10
  7. #2,309Alen10
  8. #2,467Abelino9
  9. #2,467Ac9
  10. #2,467Adron9

Tied with 157 names at #2,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944