Recorded 1905–2025 · United States
Michele was most popular in 1968, when 11,281 American babies were given the name — ranking #62 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,252, with 28 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 226,063 people named Michele.
Michele first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1905, which makes it about 120 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 121 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 226,063 American births named Michele between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 200,608 are estimated to be alive today.
28 American babies were named Michele in 2025, ranking #8,252 that year.
Michele is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 33 births a year, against 65 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -49% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Michele is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 226,063 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1926 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 82% girls and 18% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 200,608 Americans named Michele are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 59 years old, and half are between 53 and 65. That is a narrow band: Michele arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Michelle · French · feminine of Michel, "who is like God?"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org