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.

Michelle

#25 most common girls' name of all time · #64 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among girls
#25
Rank overall
#64 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
819,760
Since 2016
10,135
Peak year
1969 #2
Best rank
#2 1968
Girls Boys peak 34,457/yr
192019401960198020002020

Michelle first appears in 1915. 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 661 — 661 #465
2024 775 — 775 #409
2023 766 — 766 #401
2022 827 — 827 #377
2021 799 — 799 #394
2020 923 — 923 #336
2019 1,144 — 1,144 #292
2018 1,249 — 1,249 #263
2017 1,429 — 1,429 #215
2016 1,562 — 1,562 #209
2015 1,706 — 1,706 #192
2014 1,751 — 1,751 #188
2013 1,892 — 1,892 #168
2012 1,935 — 1,935 #162
2011 2,180 10 2,190 #144
2010 2,510 9 2,519 #125
2009 3,078 6 3,084 #104
2008 3,343 11 3,354 #101
2007 3,596 8 3,604 #94
2006 4,090 11 4,101 #81
2005 4,312 11 4,323 #74
2004 4,720 16 4,736 #66
2003 4,873 15 4,888 #63
2002 4,950 17 4,967 #58
2001 5,033 19 5,052 #59
2000 5,545 24 5,569 #52
1999 5,303 15 5,318 #56
1998 5,562 17 5,579 #55
1997 5,695 20 5,715 #55
1996 6,598 31 6,629 #47
1995 7,392 35 7,427 #41
1994 8,639 35 8,674 #33
1993 10,193 49 10,242 #31
1992 11,512 43 11,555 #25
1991 12,213 54 12,267 #22
1990 13,425 56 13,481 #22
1989 13,376 92 13,468 #22
1988 13,339 60 13,399 #21
1987 13,034 74 13,108 #21
1986 13,303 81 13,384 #23
1985 13,973 68 14,041 #22
1984 15,499 79 15,578 #17
1983 16,838 82 16,920 #13
1982 17,765 80 17,845 #11
1981 17,781 96 17,877 #11
1980 19,119 100 19,219 #10
1979 19,266 75 19,341 #10
1978 18,856 84 18,940 #9
1977 19,540 82 19,622 #7
1976 19,550 83 19,633 #6
1975 22,665 113 22,778 #6
1974 25,826 109 25,935 #3
1973 26,935 116 27,051 #3
1972 29,285 135 29,420 #2
1971 33,160 150 33,310 #2
1970 34,047 125 34,172 #4
1969 34,319 138 34,457 #2
1968 33,223 130 33,353 #2
1967 30,827 110 30,937 #3
1966 27,159 93 27,252 #4
1965 16,215 53 16,268 #18
1964 16,180 43 16,223 #23
1963 14,383 45 14,428 #26
1962 13,353 34 13,387 #31
1961 12,741 41 12,782 #34
1960 9,893 29 9,922 #39
1959 8,776 17 8,793 #47
1958 7,458 20 7,478 #56
1957 5,982 16 5,998 #79
1956 5,327 15 5,342 #88
1955 4,526 12 4,538 #97
1954 4,432 11 4,443 #94
1953 3,631 9 3,640 #107
1952 2,881 7 2,888 #124
1951 2,133 10 2,143 #151
1950 1,633 — 1,633 #174
1949 1,248 6 1,254 #213
1948 1,044 5 1,049 #230
1947 914 5 919 #248
1946 755 5 760 #263
1945 499 — 499 #307
1944 405 — 405 #342
1943 370 — 370 #375
1942 233 — 233 #484
1941 133 — 133 #612
1940 92 — 92 #728
1939 59 — 59 #924
1938 55 — 55 #963
1937 36 — 36 #1,216
1936 29 — 29 #1,368
1935 27 — 27 #1,445
1934 24 — 24 #1,554
1933 28 — 28 #1,397
1932 10 — 10 #3,002
1931 12 — 12 #2,559
1930 13 — 13 #2,536
1929 15 — 15 #2,286
1928 10 — 10 #3,121
1927 12 — 12 #2,838
1926 11 — 11 #3,025
1925 14 — 14 #2,605
1924 11 — 11 #3,116
1923 6 — 6 #4,723
1922 9 — 9 #3,612
1920 9 — 9 #3,566
1919 7 — 7 #4,131
1918 5 — 5 #5,227
1915 5 — 5 #4,878