Michelle

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French
Michelle first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 53 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 1,698 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Michelle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Michelle yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

35,487
Total babies (all years)
53
Years in the data
1,698
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195272#95
1953114#72
1954158#57
1955192#47
1956148#62
1957225#43
1958332#28
1959439#21
1960669#17
1961849#11
1962923#8
1963893#9
19641,019#7
19651,041#4
19661,397#2
19671,479#2
19681,496#2
19691,673#1
19701,685#1
19711,698#1
19721,637#1
19731,394#1
19741,522#1
19751,279#1
19761,272#1
19771,089#3
19781,122#2
1979941#3
1980908#5
1981853#6
1982793#6
1983770#7
1984649#12
1985539#14
1986472#19
1987414#23
1988429#22
1989383#24
1990417#23
1991344#30
1992324#33
1993297#36
1994243#46
1995200#60
1996195#60
1997119#83
1998160#75
1999109#89
200088#93
201411#166
20158#216
20163#487
20171#2,107