Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Michelle

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Michelle
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1969

Peak rank proxy

34,319

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1915Peak 19692024

Peak year

1969

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

772

All-time

815,849

Michelle once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1969, when 34,319 girls were named Michelle.

In 2024, only 772 girls were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 815,849 Americans have been named Michelle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

196934,319 girls named Michelle

2024772 girls named Michelle

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