first name
MICHEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,539 people named Michel, 53.5% reported their origin as White, 26.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.8% as Black. 77.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Michel peaked in 1957, when 325 babies got the name.
At least 14,094 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Michel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #992. The largest share of babies named Michel, 33.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Michel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Michel has been most common in New Hampshire (3.3×), Maine (2.7×), and Louisiana (2.6×), and least common in Virginia (0.23×).
7,094 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Michel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Michel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Michel ranks #1,339 of 156,621, with 25,704 people. See Michel as a last name
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