Michelle Girl
How popular is Michelle?
#465 girl name in 2025
661 baby girls were named Michelle in the US in 2025, making it the 465th most popular girl name.
Michelle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #465 for girls (▼ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 661 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #192 in 2015, #336 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1969 (34,319 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 1968 (4 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Michelle 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 Michelle is most popular
Babies named Michelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 1.0 per 1,000 (103 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.9 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- California: 0.9 per 1,000 (730 girls)
- New York: 0.8 per 1,000 (326 girls)
- Illinois: 0.7 per 1,000 (168 girls)
Michelle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,815 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,190 |
| 1930s | 293 | #918 |
| 1940s | 5,693 | #213 |
| 1950s | 46,779 | #47 |
| 1960s | 208,293 | #2 |
| 1970s | 249,130 | #2 |
| 1980s | 154,027 | #10 |
| 1990s | 86,532 | #22 |
| 2000s | 43,540 | #52 |
| 2010s | 17,358 | #125 |
| 2020s | 4,751 | #336 |
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Questions
- Is Michelle a boy or girl name?
- Michelle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Michelle were girls.
- How popular is the name Michelle?
- 661 baby girls were named Michelle in the US in 2025, making it the 465th most popular girl name.
- When was Michelle most popular?
- Michelle peaked in 1969, when 34,319 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 4 years starting in 1968.
- How many people are named Michelle?
- 819,760 babies have been named Michelle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 769,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Michelle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Michelle was most common in Maryland, at 1.0 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.