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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedAKMaine: #225 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,259 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #207 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsNHWashington: #208 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsWAIdaho: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #329 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,357 girlsMNIllinois: #232 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,405 girlsILWisconsin: #228 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,465 girlsWIMichigan: #213 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,343 girlsMINew York: #116 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 635 girlsNYMassachusetts: #191 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,100 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedRIOregon: #420 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,678 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 734 girlsSDIowa: #261 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,586 girlsIAIndiana: #271 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsINOhio: #255 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,704 girlsOHPennsylvania: #129 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 733 girlsPANew Jersey: #80 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 372 girlsNJConnecticut: #124 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 617 girlsCTCalifornia: #267 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 1,488 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedUTColorado: #361 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsCONebraska: #232 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,303 girlsNEMissouri: #312 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,169 girlsMOKentucky: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,041 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedWVVirginia: #342 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,319 girlsVAMaryland: #148 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 840 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedDEArizona: #236 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,271 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNMKansas: #279 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,570 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedARTennessee: #337 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,291 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #450 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,390 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #330 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,200 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #296 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,725 girlsOKLouisiana: #338 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,981 girlsLAMississippi: #387 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,282 girlsMSAlabama: #507 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,778 girlsALGeorgia: #363 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,461 girlsGAHawaii: #114 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 505 girlsHITexas: #374 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 2,340 girlsTXFlorida: #185 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,116 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#80 · 1 in 372
  2. Hawaii#114 · 1 in 505
  3. New York#116 · 1 in 635
  4. Connecticut#124 · 1 in 617
  5. Pennsylvania#129 · 1 in 733

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#801291 in 372
Hawaii#114101 in 505
New York#1161871 in 635
Connecticut#124311 in 617
Pennsylvania#129981 in 733
Maryland#148331 in 840
South Dakota#16951 in 734
Florida#185691 in 1,116
Massachusetts#191351 in 1,100
New Hampshire#20761 in 1,148
Washington#208261 in 1,134
Michigan#213451 in 1,343
Idaho#22051 in 1,027
Maine#22551 in 1,259
Wisconsin#228201 in 1,465
Illinois#232551 in 1,405
Nebraska#23271 in 1,303
Arizona#236201 in 1,271
Ohio#255411 in 1,704
Iowa#261101 in 1,586
California#2671641 in 1,488
Indiana#271201 in 1,717
Kansas#27991 in 1,570
Oklahoma#296101 in 1,725
Missouri#312151 in 2,169
Minnesota#329121 in 2,357
South Carolina#33091 in 2,200
Tennessee#337131 in 2,291
Louisiana#338131 in 1,981
Virginia#342161 in 2,319
Colorado#36191 in 2,287
Georgia#363171 in 2,461
Texas#374571 in 2,340
Mississippi#38761 in 2,282
Kentucky#40071 in 3,041
Oregon#42061 in 2,678
North Carolina#450121 in 3,390
Alabama#50761 in 3,778
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
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.

See more about Michele
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 1989

girls
#214
1,267 births · 1 in 1,455 girls
boys
#1,766
43 births · 1 in 46,533 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #214Michele1,267

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,766Michele43
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,455 of them was named Michele, which outranked 98.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #211Cara1,275
  2. #212Abby1,274
  3. #213Adrienne1,270
  4. #214Michele1,267
  5. #215Virginia1,266
  6. #216Amelia1,265
  7. #217Lydia1,262
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 46,533 of them was named Michele, which outranked 80.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #1,733Travion44
  2. #1,733Tristian44
  3. #1,733Yusef44
  4. #1,766Michele43
  5. #1,766Barron43
  6. #1,766Blain43
  7. #1,766Brion43
  8. #1,793Antwone42
  9. #1,793Avi42
  10. #1,793Baldemar42

Tied with 26 names at #1,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989