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.

Michella

#6,590 most common girls' name of all time · #11,104 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among girls
#6,590
Rank overall
#11,104 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,104
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1990 #2,758
Best rank
#2,120 1969
Girls Boys peak 42/yr
1960198020002020

Michella first appears in 1948. 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 6 — 6 #13,453
2020 6 — 6 #13,694
2019 5 — 5 #15,851
2017 5 — 5 #16,200
2016 7 — 7 #13,074
2015 5 — 5 #16,766
2012 5 — 5 #17,164
2011 5 — 5 #17,125
2010 7 — 7 #13,659
2009 9 — 9 #11,620
2008 9 — 9 #11,741
2007 7 — 7 #14,148
2006 10 — 10 #10,737
2005 7 — 7 #13,216
2003 8 — 8 #11,501
2002 13 — 13 #7,928
2001 5 — 5 #15,718
2000 15 — 15 #6,890
1999 6 — 6 #12,966
1998 17 — 17 #5,868
1997 14 — 14 #6,574
1996 10 — 10 #8,289
1995 14 — 14 #6,354
1994 17 — 17 #5,519
1993 21 — 21 #4,730
1992 27 — 27 #3,901
1991 24 — 24 #4,265
1990 42 — 42 #2,758
1989 27 — 27 #3,715
1988 21 — 21 #4,228
1987 16 — 16 #4,946
1986 21 — 21 #3,946
1985 22 — 22 #3,774
1984 17 — 17 #4,382
1983 19 — 19 #4,020
1982 25 — 25 #3,382
1981 29 — 29 #3,031
1980 15 — 15 #4,846
1979 23 — 23 #3,480
1978 26 — 26 #3,051
1977 26 — 26 #3,047
1976 20 — 20 #3,477
1975 26 — 26 #2,843
1974 34 — 34 #2,326
1973 23 — 23 #2,972
1972 36 — 36 #2,161
1971 31 — 31 #2,459
1970 34 — 34 #2,291
1969 36 — 36 #2,120
1968 24 — 24 #2,607
1967 29 — 29 #2,262
1966 26 — 26 #2,396
1965 17 — 17 #3,123
1964 27 — 27 #2,402
1963 11 — 11 #4,188
1962 14 — 14 #3,549
1961 11 — 11 #4,186
1960 12 — 12 #3,867
1959 9 — 9 #4,542
1958 16 — 16 #3,071
1957 13 — 13 #3,468
1956 15 — 15 #3,176
1955 6 — 6 #5,675
1954 10 — 10 #3,942
1951 6 — 6 #5,329
1948 5 — 5 #6,004