Michell

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #8,139
Given to girls 92.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 273 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,995
since 1946

Michell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #577, 1967peak #1,896, 1962girlsboys
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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
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2025#11,9327—
2024#9,55610—
2023#11,1698—
2022#12,2437—
2021#12,2067—
2020#10,2509—
2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
2017#8,77612—
2016#8,87512—
2015#7,26616—
2014#5,02527—
2013#4,33633—
2012#5,25326—
2011#3,99937—
2010#4,18035#8,1399
2009#2,94059—
2008#2,55773#9,8717
2007#2,19890—
2006#2,14990—
2005#2,40773—
2004#2,13584—
2003#2,04887—
2002#2,64258#9,3926
2001#2,07580#9,2436
2000#1,82794#9,1126
1999#2,36862#7,1398
1998#2,75648—
1997#2,22961#4,96012
1996#2,59148#7,1367
1995#1,95570#6,9927
1994#1,89075#7,7706
1993#1,67989#8,7005
1992#2,12863#4,11414
1991#1,87775#4,00514
1990#1,533100#3,97114
1989#1,57489#4,27112
1988#1,54186#3,52314
1987#1,41194#4,9688
1986#1,52680#3,26814
1985#1,37394#4,3339
1984#1,190110#3,92510
1983#1,144116#6,2385
1982#1,053137#2,83116
1981#987148#6,2625
1980#1,097126#5,5256
1979#1,025137#2,89715
1978#976142#3,8579
1977#891159#3,8369
1976#785182#3,7249
1975#652233#3,24611
1974#621251#2,35817
1973#606255#3,4459
1972#617252#3,3449
1971#596290#4,3756
1970#620275#1,98920
1969#603272#2,30814
1968#611247#2,44512
1967#577273#2,35212
1966#726185#2,21613
1965#846139#3,2447
1964#912131#2,31013
1963#953123#2,20014
1962#1,024110#1,89618
1961#1,19386#2,9009
1960#1,15689#2,21014
1959#1,23075#2,20014
1958#1,63043#2,26513
1957#1,55048#3,0248
1956#2,00529#3,9425
1955#1,97829#2,21913
1954#1,80133#2,7439
1953#2,92114#2,9058
1952#2,20022#2,8758
1951#2,69415—
1950#3,9628#2,43810
1949#3,39310#3,0197
1948#3,8838#2,7888
1947#5,2955#2,6719
1946#3,21710—
1945—#2,9966
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Michell! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Michell is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNHWashington: #484 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,919 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #522 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,922 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #668 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,681 girlsMINew York: #646 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 6,812 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedIAIndiana: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,685 girlsINOhio: #630 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,261 girlsOHPennsylvania: #601 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,656 girlsPANew Jersey: #661 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,043 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #611 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,303 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNEMissouri: #532 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,481 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #656 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,856 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,385 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #342 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,014 girlsDCOklahoma: #362 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,284 girlsOKLouisiana: #414 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,755 girlsLAMississippi: #291 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsMSAlabama: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,729 girlsALGeorgia: #530 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,707 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Michell, so not publishedHITexas: #631 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,525 girlsTXFlorida: #470 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#291 · 1 in 1,640
  2. District of Columbia#342 · 1 in 2,014
  3. Oklahoma#362 · 1 in 2,284
  4. Louisiana#414 · 1 in 2,755
  5. South Carolina#445 · 1 in 3,385

Best ever in a state: #251 in Mississippi, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#291111 in 1,640
District of Columbia#34251 in 2,014
Oklahoma#36271 in 2,284
Louisiana#414111 in 2,755
South Carolina#44561 in 3,385
Alabama#46771 in 3,729
Florida#470121 in 3,521
Washington#48461 in 3,919
Illinois#522171 in 4,922
Indiana#52771 in 5,685
Georgia#53081 in 4,707
Missouri#53261 in 5,481
Pennsylvania#601111 in 7,656
California#611291 in 5,303
Ohio#630101 in 8,261
Texas#631171 in 5,525
New York#646201 in 6,812
North Carolina#65651 in 7,856
New Jersey#66161 in 8,043
Michigan#66881 in 8,681
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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 Michell
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #11,932)
  • 1,682 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #11,932)
  • 4,666 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1967 (#726 → #577)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1976 (#652 → #785)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1967 at #577 (273 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1963–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,718
  • Highest: 1 in 5,718 girls born in 1973 were named Michell (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #577 in 1967, was only 1 in 6,048 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 31.1% of all girls named Michell (2,176) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1951
  • Mostly boys until 1950, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s33#3,217 (1946)#3,947
1950s316#1,230 (1959)#2,197
1960s1,655#577 (1967)#860
1970s2,176#596 (1971)#739
1980s1,080#987 (1981)#1,290
1990s691#1,533 (1990)#2,101
2000s788#1,827 (2000)#2,298
2010s208#3,999 (2011)#7,893
2020s48#9,556 (2024)#11,226

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.

Michell in 1968

girls
#611
247 births · 1 in 6,641 girls
boys
#2,445
12 births · 1 in 144,831 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #611Michell247

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #2,445Michell12
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 6,641 of them was named Michell, which outranked 92.5% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #607Janel252
  2. #609Hilda250
  3. #610Whitney249
  4. #611Michell247
  5. #611Maritza247
  6. #613Rosalyn246
  7. #614Faye245
  8. #615Latonia244

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

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 144,831 of them was named Michell, which outranked 48.5% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michell
  1. #2,311Watson13
  2. #2,311Yehuda13
  3. #2,311Zeke13
  4. #2,445Michell12
  5. #2,445Abdullah12
  6. #2,445Adriano12
  7. #2,445Ames12
  8. #2,576Aidan11
  9. #2,576Aj11
  10. #2,576Albin11

Tied with 130 names at #2,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →