Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Michele

#186 most common girls' name of all time · #357 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among girls
#186
Rank overall
#357 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
226,063
Since 2016
404
Peak year
1968 #29
Best rank
#29 1968
Girls Boys peak 11,281/yr
192019401960198020002020

Michele first appears in 1905. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 28 — 28 #4,778
2024 35 — 35 #4,123
2023 24 9 33 #5,266
2022 33 7 40 #4,303
2021 22 8 30 #5,590
2020 35 8 43 #4,018
2019 28 10 38 #4,791
2018 31 8 39 #4,469
2017 36 9 45 #4,076
2016 60 13 73 #2,835
2015 61 — 61 #2,851
2014 48 5 53 #3,329
2013 63 9 72 #2,734
2012 62 10 72 #2,809
2011 58 10 68 #2,950
2010 72 10 82 #2,538
2009 88 10 98 #2,233
2008 98 13 111 #2,081
2007 107 15 122 #1,932
2006 149 11 160 #1,482
2005 147 11 158 #1,448
2004 196 18 214 #1,156
2003 213 18 231 #1,057
2002 207 20 227 #1,039
2001 265 26 291 #860
2000 247 22 269 #892
1999 256 17 273 #845
1998 299 16 315 #731
1997 324 15 339 #671
1996 397 15 412 #579
1995 471 17 488 #515
1994 563 21 584 #452
1993 711 27 738 #359
1992 822 23 845 #328
1991 1,007 23 1,030 #276
1990 1,164 36 1,200 #244
1989 1,267 43 1,310 #214
1988 1,272 32 1,304 #206
1987 1,310 38 1,348 #205
1986 1,424 38 1,462 #188
1985 1,477 33 1,510 #182
1984 1,692 33 1,725 #161
1983 1,836 36 1,872 #155
1982 2,227 37 2,264 #135
1981 2,271 47 2,318 #127
1980 2,486 37 2,523 #125
1979 2,881 58 2,939 #105
1978 3,484 42 3,526 #86
1977 3,711 48 3,759 #77
1976 4,443 51 4,494 #63
1975 5,033 64 5,097 #56
1974 5,587 70 5,657 #50
1973 5,996 51 6,047 #44
1972 7,380 69 7,449 #36
1971 7,955 57 8,012 #39
1970 10,090 74 10,164 #31
1969 10,556 85 10,641 #30
1968 11,219 62 11,281 #29
1967 10,416 69 10,485 #36
1966 10,689 65 10,754 #36
1965 8,661 41 8,702 #48
1964 7,908 44 7,952 #58
1963 7,512 52 7,564 #59
1962 7,428 49 7,477 #59
1961 6,995 32 7,027 #63
1960 5,609 38 5,647 #89
1959 5,445 33 5,478 #89
1958 5,212 33 5,245 #92
1957 4,746 28 4,774 #99
1956 4,617 29 4,646 #100
1955 4,768 23 4,791 #93
1954 4,763 24 4,787 #89
1953 3,723 24 3,747 #102
1952 3,406 25 3,431 #110
1951 2,793 20 2,813 #125
1950 2,500 20 2,520 #128
1949 2,381 20 2,401 #135
1948 1,799 10 1,809 #159
1947 1,984 16 2,000 #148
1946 1,375 16 1,391 #187
1945 948 13 961 #206
1944 1,159 10 1,169 #187
1943 958 15 973 #210
1942 728 11 739 #255
1941 172 8 180 #536
1940 102 9 111 #690
1939 57 — 57 #937
1938 53 12 65 #982
1937 46 — 46 #1,059
1936 37 9 46 #1,179
1935 33 — 33 #1,260
1934 22 5 27 #1,637
1933 28 12 40 #1,395
1932 27 11 38 #1,477
1931 8 7 15 #3,347
1930 6 13 19 #4,204
1929 11 13 24 #2,829
1928 19 15 34 #2,000
1927 15 14 29 #2,395
1926 19 17 36 #2,048
1925 11 21 32 #3,025
1924 12 19 31 #2,894
1923 12 19 31 #2,821
1922 8 15 23 #3,804
1921 8 20 28 #3,805
1920 7 22 29 #4,131
1919 7 21 28 #3,971
1918 9 17 26 #3,374
1917 8 26 34 #3,495
1916 10 24 34 #2,926
1915 5 13 18 #4,462
1914 — 14 14 —
1913 — 13 13 —
1912 — 5 5 —
1911 — 10 10 —
1905 — 5 5 —