NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Michelle Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Michelle: every year it appeared on the national list since 1915, with 816,510 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
816,510
Peak year
1969 #2
Years on the list
108
10-year trend
-39.3%

In the 1960s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1915–2025

YearBirthsRank
20112,180#144
20121,935#162
20131,892#168
20141,751#188
20151,706#192
20161,562#209
20171,429#217
20181,249#263
20191,144#292
2020923#336
2021799#395
2022827#377
2023766#401
2024775#409
2025661#465

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1969

CA
3,828
NY
2,561
OH
2,211
IL
2,024
MI
1,983
PA
1,882

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