Girls' name · peaked in 1968
Michele name popularity since 1925
225,734 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Michele (98.9% girls, 1.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1967 or earlier, so the typical Michele is about 59 years old in 2026. Michele peaked in 1968 as the #29 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 225,734
- Named Michele, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,837 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% girls
- 223,213 girls · 2,521 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 2.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Michele made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Michele births per year, 1925–2025
1968 was the biggest year for Michele both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Michele became 8.1× more common, from 1 in 11,200 baby girls to 1 in 1,380.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 2,240 to 1 in 5,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Michele's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Michele.
Decade by decade
Babies named Michele in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 75 | 80 | – |
| 1930s | 317 | 69 | #1,255 |
| 1940s | 11,606 | 128 | #206 |
| 1950s | 41,973 | 259 | #93 |
| 1960s | 86,993 | 537 | #48 |
| 1970s | 56,560 | 584 | #56 |
| 1980s | 17,262 | 374 | #182 |
| 1990s | 6,014 | 210 | #516 |
| 2000s | 1,717 | 164 | #1,449 |
| 2010s | 519 | 84 | #2,877 |
| 2020–25 | 177 | 32 | #4,837 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.4% of babies named Michele from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Michele is most popular
The index compares Michele's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Michele.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 2.55× | 15,771 |
| Connecticut | 2.02× | 4,907 |
| Delaware | 2.02× | 942 |
| New York | 2.00× | 34,009 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.96× | 22,283 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Michele and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Michele (this page) | 223,213 | 1968 |
| Michelle | 816,458 | 1969 |
| Michaele | 1,816 | 1967 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Michele's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Michele.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Michele (1968).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data