first name
MICHELE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 199,114 people named Michele, 84% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Michele peaked in 1968, when 11,281 babies got the name.
At least 226,063 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.
Michele by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #93. The largest share of babies named Michele, 49.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Michele is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Michele has been most common in New Jersey (2.5×), Delaware (2.1×), and Connecticut (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.21×).
221,829 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 Michele
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Michele, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Michele ranks #41,707 of 156,621, with 562 people. See Michele as a last name
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