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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNHWashington: #575 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,576 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #498 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,568 girlsMNIllinois: #433 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,687 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedWIMichigan: #591 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,386 girlsMINew York: #257 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 1,415 girlsNYMassachusetts: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,300 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedINOhio: #449 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,341 girlsOHPennsylvania: #351 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsPANew Jersey: #204 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,127 girlsNJConnecticut: #196 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsCTCalifornia: #561 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 3,609 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedUTColorado: #642 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,054 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNEMissouri: #486 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,288 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedWVVirginia: #556 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,262 girlsVAMaryland: #396 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,465 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedDEArizona: #731 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,548 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #581 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,252 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #681 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,394 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Michele, so not publishedHITexas: #773 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,686 girlsTXFlorida: #397 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,513 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#196 · 1 in 1,027
  2. New Jersey#204 · 1 in 1,127
  3. New York#257 · 1 in 1,415
  4. Pennsylvania#351 · 1 in 2,398
  5. Maryland#396 · 1 in 2,465

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#196161 in 1,027
New Jersey#204381 in 1,127
New York#257761 in 1,415
Pennsylvania#351261 in 2,398
Maryland#396101 in 2,465
Florida#397291 in 2,513
Iowa#42351 in 2,837
Illinois#433271 in 2,687
Massachusetts#438101 in 3,300
Ohio#449191 in 3,341
Missouri#48691 in 3,288
Minnesota#49871 in 3,568
Virginia#55681 in 4,262
California#561651 in 3,609
Washington#57581 in 3,576
North Carolina#58191 in 4,252
Michigan#591121 in 4,386
Colorado#64251 in 4,054
Louisiana#68151 in 4,394
Arizona#73161 in 4,548
Texas#773241 in 5,686
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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 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 1995

girls
#515
471 births · 1 in 3,734 girls
boys
#3,693
17 births · 1 in 111,982 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #515Michele471

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #3,693Michele17
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 3,734 of them was named Michele, which outranked 96.7% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #512Kaley479
  2. #513Dalia476
  3. #514Paris474
  4. #515Michele471
  5. #515Janae471
  6. #517Julianne469
  7. #518Sandy468
  8. #519Desirae466

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 111,982 of them was named Michele, which outranked 64.2% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michele
  1. #3,559Zaine18
  2. #3,559Zalmen18
  3. #3,559Zarek18
  4. #3,693Michele17
  5. #3,693Adryan17
  6. #3,693Ahkeem17
  7. #3,693Ahron17
  8. #3,854Abdulmalik16
  9. #3,854Abdurrahman16
  10. #3,854Abhinav16

Tied with 160 names at #3,693; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995