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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Michelle

Used in both girl and boy records

Michelle appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Michelle by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDMichelle as a girl’s nameUS records 1915–2024
#15girl rank1969peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDMichelle as a boy’s nameUS records 1905–2023
#1408boy rank1971peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Michelle in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl196934,320 uses#219681915–2020103 listed years
Boy1971150 uses#66119681946–201165 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.