Michele Girl
How popular is Michele?
#4,757 girl name in 2025
28 baby girls were named Michele in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
Michele popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,757 for girls (▼ 644 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 28 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1968 (11,219 girls) |
| Highest rank | #29 in 1968 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 18% boys, 82% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Michele counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Michelle family of names ranked #419 for girls in 2025 (#370 the year before), with 729 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Michele is most popular
Babies named Michele per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Michele by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | #2,832 |
| 1920s | 122 | #1,960 |
| 1930s | 317 | #930 |
| 1940s | 11,606 | #135 |
| 1950s | 41,973 | #89 |
| 1960s | 86,993 | #29 |
| 1970s | 56,560 | #31 |
| 1980s | 17,262 | #125 |
| 1990s | 6,014 | #244 |
| 2000s | 1,717 | #860 |
| 2010s | 519 | #2,538 |
| 2020s | 177 | #4,004 |
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Questions
- Is Michele a boy or girl name?
- Michele is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 82% of babies named Michele were girls.
- How popular is the name Michele?
- 28 baby girls were named Michele in the US in 2025, making it the 4757th most popular girl name.
- When was Michele most popular?
- Michele peaked in 1968, when 11,219 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #29 in 1968.
- How many people are named Michele?
- 226,063 babies have been named Michele in the US since 1880. We estimate about 200,858 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 59.
- Where is Michele most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Michele was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.