NameTides

Michelle

Michelle was the #465 girls' name in the US in 2025 (661 babies), and #346 in England & Wales and #303 in Canada.

Michelle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Michelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Michelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#465 (661)#346 (124)#301 (11)—#304 (13)#303 (103)—
2024#409 (775)#360 (121)#260 (14)#407 (3)#307 (13)#271 (112)—
2023#401 (766)#332 (132)#342 (10)#237 (7)#316 (12)#364 (81)—
2022#377 (827)#419 (101)#531 (5)—#284 (15)#414 (73)—
2021#394 (799)#476 (89)#792 (3)—#586 (6)#394 (81)—
2020#336 (923)#393 (110)#765 (3)—#264 (16)#304 (103)—
2019#292 (1,144)#480 (86)#765 (3)#424 (3)#421 (9)#301 (105)—
2018#263 (1,249)#358 (130)#301 (12)—#336 (13)#314 (104)—
2017#215 (1,429)#386 (117)#289 (13)—#260 (18)#283 (115)—
2016#209 (1,562)#352 (136)#262 (16)—#217 (22)#241 (133)—
2015#192 (1,706)#300 (159)#455 (7)—#199 (27)#283 (118)—
2014#188 (1,751)#289 (165)#430 (8)—#213 (25)#222 (151)—
2013#168 (1,892)#251 (191)#319 (12)#284 (6)#207 (27)#234 (140)—
2012#162 (1,935)#236 (211)#321 (13)#451 (3)#151 (38)#197 (169)—
2011#144 (2,180)#222 (227)#363 (10)#277 (6)#185 (32)#153 (203)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1969 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Michelle is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Michelle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #368WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #300NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #429ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #246NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #300CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #413VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #500TXFlorida: #375FL
Michelle (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19460
Quebec2025#38513

Michelle (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MichelleCanadaGirls#303103
MichelleCanadaBoys—too few
MichelleEngland & WalesGirls#346124
MichelleIrelandGirls#30413
MichelleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MichelleNSWGirls—too few
MichelleScotlandGirls#30111
MichelleUSGirls#465661
MichelleUSBoys—too few