girls:
223.2k births since 1915
#178 (97th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1905
#2401 (48th percentile)
overall:
226k births since 1905
#353 (95th percentile)
The name Michele is the #353 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 225,990 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 95.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #178 (96.9% percentile) for all time with 223,230 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #2,401 (47.6% percentile) for all time with 2,760 births since 1905.
Michele first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Michele is available in 114 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (110 years for boys and 109 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Michele has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Michele were girls. Interestingly, until around 1932, the name was more popular for boys (66.2% boys from 1905 to 1931), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.9% girls from 1932 to 2023).
For girls, Michele reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 96.2% percentile (ranked #29) with 6,561 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 6,561 births per million (ranked 96.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1970, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Michele ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 0.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Michele reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #580) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 46 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Michele ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 10.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Michele".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Michele. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.4% confident that Michele is pronounced as mih-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KEHL, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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