Mechelle
#2,689 most common girls' name of all time · #4,586 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1947–2021
Rank among girls
#2,689
Rank overall
#4,586 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
4,386
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1968 #564
Best rank
#564 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 287/yr
Mechelle first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,580 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,657 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,744 |
| 2013 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,144 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,116 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,387 |
| 2009 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,537 |
| 2008 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,576 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,844 |
| 2006 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,202 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,565 |
| 2004 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,035 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,599 |
| 2002 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,146 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,294 |
| 2000 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,024 |
| 1999 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,612 |
| 1998 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,141 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,697 |
| 1996 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,352 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,705 |
| 1994 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,645 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,907 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,560 |
| 1991 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,199 |
| 1990 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,761 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,498 |
| 1988 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,811 |
| 1987 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,032 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,285 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,268 |
| 1984 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,743 |
| 1983 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,119 |
| 1982 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,778 |
| 1981 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,799 |
| 1980 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,872 |
| 1979 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,327 |
| 1978 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,480 |
| 1977 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,297 |
| 1976 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,473 |
| 1975 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,061 |
| 1974 | 138 | — | 138 | #916 |
| 1973 | 142 | — | 142 | #888 |
| 1972 | 175 | — | 175 | #782 |
| 1971 | 228 | — | 228 | #678 |
| 1970 | 226 | — | 226 | #696 |
| 1969 | 263 | — | 263 | #615 |
| 1968 | 287 | — | 287 | #564 |
| 1967 | 268 | — | 268 | #586 |
| 1966 | 263 | — | 263 | #582 |
| 1965 | 118 | — | 118 | #943 |
| 1964 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,170 |
| 1963 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,062 |
| 1962 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,166 |
| 1961 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,198 |
| 1960 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,539 |
| 1959 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,334 |
| 1958 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,363 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,839 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,734 |
| 1955 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,216 |
| 1954 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,775 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,915 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,085 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,470 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,214 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,584 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,755 |