Michell
Michell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 577th, in 1967.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1971290 births
- Best rank
- #577in 1967
- Since 1946
- 7,576people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,988 girls have been named Michell in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 290 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 290 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1970s alone account for 31%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 588 boys have also been given it, 7.8% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Michell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 32 | |
| 1950s | 317 | |
| 1960s | 1,655 | |
| 1970s | 2,176 | |
| 1980s | 1,080 | |
| 1990s | 691 | |
| 2000s | 788 | |
| 2010s | 208 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Michell was the 596th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Michell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Michellepeak 1969
- Shonapeak 1970
- Donyapeak 1970
- Terinapeak 1969
- Kimberlypeak 1970
- Heidipeak 1972
- Tangelapeak 1971
- Sebrinapeak 1970
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.