Michele Name Popularity

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How popular is Michele?

In 2018 the rare name Michele, ranked the 4,499th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Michele is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #29 in 1968 with 11,216 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Michele was less than 5, most recently in 1914.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Michele occurred roughly during the years 1922-1926, 1933-1954, and 1956-1966, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1968-1987, 1988-1999, and 2001-2011.

Sometimes the name Michele has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Michele's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Michele for their newborn has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Michele?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Michele is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Michele is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Michele (Girl)		Michele (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		31	4,499	8	9,320
2017		35	4,184	9	8,574
2016		60	2,850	13	6,573
2015		61	2,870	< 5	--
2014		48	3,350	5	13,359
2013		63	2,748	9	8,530
2012		62	2,823	10	7,932
2011		58	2,978	10	7,879
2010		72	2,555	10	7,940
2009		88	2,234	10	8,089
2008		97	2,099	13	6,641
2007		107	1,932	15	5,824
2006		149	1,485	11	7,258
2005		147	1,448	11	6,949
2004		196	1,159	18	4,714
2003		213	1,058	18	4,554
2002		207	1,040	20	4,138
2001		265	863	26	3,376
2000		247	891	22	3,717
1999		256	845	17	4,270
1998		299	732	16	4,333
1997		324	672	15	4,394
1996		397	579	15	4,322
1995		472	515	17	3,795
1994		563	453	21	3,294
1993		711	359	27	2,671
1992		822	328	23	2,970
1991		1,007	276	23	2,886
1990		1,164	244	36	2,067
1989		1,267	214	43	1,783
1988		1,272	206	32	2,020
1987		1,310	205	38	1,745
1986		1,423	188	38	1,681
1985		1,478	182	33	1,822
1984		1,692	161	33	1,751
1983		1,837	155	36	1,643
1982		2,225	135	37	1,636
1981		2,274	127	47	1,383
1980		2,486	126	36	1,645
1979		2,879	105	58	1,203
1978		3,485	86	42	1,448
1977		3,712	77	47	1,331
1976		4,443	63	51	1,219
1975		5,034	56	60	1,093
1974		5,586	50	71	976
1973		5,996	44	50	1,169
1972		7,376	36	66	998
1971		7,955	39	57	1,091
1970		10,096	31	73	936
1969		10,558	30	85	833
1968		11,216	29	62	926
1967		10,417	36	67	881
1966		10,687	36	64	909
1965		8,664	48	41	1,199
1964		7,906	58	43	1,181
1963		7,512	59	50	1,086
1962		7,430	59	49	1,101
1961		6,990	63	31	1,451
1960		5,611	89	38	1,286
1959		5,446	88	33	1,377
1958		5,209	92	33	1,357
1957		4,744	99	28	1,502
1956		4,616	100	28	1,500
1955		4,765	93	22	1,667
1954		4,765	89	24	1,586
1953		3,723	102	24	1,573
1952		3,403	110	25	1,538
1951		2,793	125	20	1,714
1950		2,499	128	20	1,687
1949		2,382	135	20	1,692
1948		1,799	159	10	2,558
1947		1,984	148	16	1,966
1946		1,375	187	16	1,866
1945		948	206	13	1,988
1944		1,158	187	10	2,417
1943		958	210	15	1,963
1942		728	255	11	2,344
1941		172	535	8	2,806
1940		102	692	9	2,613
1939		57	934	< 5	--
1938		53	983	12	2,147
1937		46	1,057	< 5	--
1936		37	1,179	9	2,565
1935		33	1,256	< 5	--
1934		22	1,637	5	4,034
1933		28	1,392	12	2,181
1932		27	1,477	11	2,417
1931		8	3,409	7	3,297
1930		6	4,393	13	2,259
1929		11	2,864	13	2,280
1928		19	1,999	15	2,123
1927		15	2,404	14	2,258
1926		19	2,052	17	1,961
1925		11	3,069	21	1,724
1924		12	2,919	19	1,876
1923		12	2,862	19	1,848
1922		8	3,900	15	2,205
1921		8	3,912	20	1,804
1920		7	4,275	22	1,676
1919		7	4,115	21	1,675
1918		9	3,429	17	1,966
1917		8	3,599	26	1,384
1916		10	2,962	24	1,452
1915		5	4,753	13	2,138
1914		< 5	--	14	1,744
1913		< 5	--	13	1,558
1912		< 5	--	5	2,789
1911		< 5	--	10	1,174
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	5	1,362
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.