Michelle · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Michelle.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1946

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 65 recorded years as a table

Michelle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1946	3
1947	3
1948	3
1949	3
1951	5
1952	4
1953	5
1954	5
1955	6
1956	7
1957	7
1958	9
1959	8
1960	14
1961	19
1962	16
1963	22
1964	22
1965	28
1966	52
1967	63
1968	75
1969	77
1970	67
1971	85
1972	83
1973	74
1974	69
1975	72
1976	53
1977	50
1978	51
1979	44
1980	56
1981	54
1982	44
1983	46
1984	44
1985	37
1986	44
1987	40
1988	31
1989	46
1990	27
1991	27
1992	22
1993	25
1994	18
1995	18
1996	16
1997	11
1998	9
1999	8
2000	12
2001	10
2002	9
2003	8
2004	8
2005	6
2006	5
2007	4
2008	5
2009	3
2010	5
2011	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Michelle isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Michelle

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011: 10
Rank in 2011: #7,502
How rare: 1 in 189,925 boys
Since 1946: 3,250

Michelle was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1971, at 85 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Michelle doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.