girls:
7k births since 1946
#1966 (66th percentile)
boys:
588 births since 1926
#3998 (13th percentile)
overall:
7.6k births since 1926
#3101 (60th percentile)
The name Michell is the #3,101 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,566 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 59.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,966 (65.6% percentile) for all time with 6,978 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #3,998 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 588 births since 1926.
Michell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1946 for girls). Birth data for Michell is available in 81 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (78 years for girls and 59 years for boys). 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 Michell has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1949, the name was more popular for boys (58.9% boys from 1926 to 1948), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.6% girls from 1949 to 2023).
For girls, Michell reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 34.5% percentile (ranked #504) with 165 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 165 births per million (ranked 34.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Michell ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 2.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Michell reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #653) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Michell".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Michell", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 31 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Michelle" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Michelle..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Michell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Michell is pronounced as mih-SHEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-chuhl, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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