Michel
Michel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 458th, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957284 births
- Best rank
- #458in 1957
- Since 1880
- 14,061people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,516 boys have been named Michel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 284 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Michel is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are girls (3,545), most of them born around 1966.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Michel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 187 | |
| 1920s | 281 | |
| 1930s | 249 | |
| 1940s | 949 | |
| 1950s | 2,309 | |
| 1960s | 2,033 | |
| 1970s | 1,401 | |
| 1980s | 1,159 | |
| 1990s | 822 | |
| 2000s | 584 | |
| 2010s | 329 | |
| 2020s | 132 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Michel was the 458th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Michel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Davidpeak 1955
- Stephenpeak 1952
- Michealpeak 1957
- Reginaldpeak 1962
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Michaelpeak 1957
- Danialpeak 1957
- Cornellpeak 1962
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.