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Michelle
Pronounced /mɪˈʃɛl/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1971 · #678
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:772 in 2024 (#409)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Michelle in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1971 with 150 babies, ranked #678.
- It first shows up in the records in 1946.
- 3,250 boys have been named Michelle since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Michelle per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 330 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,696 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,015 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 209 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Michelle, feminine form of French Michel (“Michael”), Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikhaél, “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michaela.
- A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /mɪˈʃɛl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Michelle, CC BY-SA 4.0.