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.

Michell*

#1,913 most common girls' name of all time · #3,284 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1926–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,913
Rank overall
#3,284 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
7,583
Since 2016
82
Peak year
1971 #596
Best rank
#578 1967
Girls Boys peak 296/yr
19401960198020002020

Michell first appears in 1926. 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 7 7 #12,084
2024 10 10 #9,654
2023 8 8 #11,297
2022 7 7 #12,391
2021 7 7 #12,361
2020 9 9 #10,353
2019 5 5 #15,782
2018 5 5 #15,941
2017 12 12 #8,859
2016 12 12 #8,968
2015 16 16 #7,320
2014 27 27 #5,055
2013 33 33 #4,351
2012 26 26 #5,279
2011 37 37 #4,015
2010 35 9 44 #4,202
2009 59 59 #2,946
2008 73 7 80 #2,562
2007 90 90 #2,201
2006 90 90 #2,156
2005 73 73 #2,417
2004 84 84 #2,138
2003 87 87 #2,054
2002 58 6 64 #2,652
2001 80 6 86 #2,085
2000 94 6 100 #1,830
1999 62 8 70 #2,377
1998 48 48 #2,766
1997 61 12 73 #2,236
1996 48 7 55 #2,600
1995 70 7 77 #1,966
1994 75 6 81 #1,893
1993 89 5 94 #1,688
1992 63 14 77 #2,136
1991 75 14 89 #1,887
1990 100 14 114 #1,537
1989 89 12 101 #1,579
1988 86 14 100 #1,542
1987 94 8 102 #1,413
1986 80 14 94 #1,533
1985 94 9 103 #1,380
1984 110 10 120 #1,193
1983 116 5 121 #1,147
1982 137 16 153 #1,055
1981 148 5 153 #989
1980 126 6 132 #1,103
1979 137 15 152 #1,029
1978 142 9 151 #978
1977 159 9 168 #895
1976 182 9 191 #787
1975 233 11 244 #654
1974 251 17 268 #622
1973 255 9 264 #607
1972 252 9 261 #618
1971 290 6 296 #596
1970 275 20 295 #620
1969 272 14 286 #604
1968 247 12 259 #611
1967 273 12 285 #578
1966 185 13 198 #727
1965 139 7 146 #852
1964 131 13 144 #916
1963 123 14 137 #956
1962 110 18 128 #1,029
1961 86 9 95 #1,195
1960 89 14 103 #1,160
1959 75 14 89 #1,240
1958 43 13 56 #1,650
1957 48 8 56 #1,562
1956 29 5 34 #2,043
1955 29 13 42 #2,016
1954 33 9 42 #1,830
1953 14 8 22 #3,042
1952 22 8 30 #2,249
1951 15 15 #2,778
1950 8 10 18 #4,180
1949 10 7 17 #3,547
1948 8 8 16 #4,099
1947 5 9 14 #5,738
1946 10 10 #3,378
1945 6 6
1927 5 5
1926 5 5