first name
MICHELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,205 people named Michell, 47% reported their origin as White, 29.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.1% as Black. 90.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Michell peaked in 1971, when 296 babies got the name.
At least 7,583 babies have been given the name since 1926. 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.
Michell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,198. The largest share of babies named Michell, 47.4%, 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 Michell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Michell has been most common in California (2.5×), Louisiana (1.8×), and Texas (1.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.29×).
4,380 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 Michell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Michell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Michell ranks #17,650 of 156,621, with 1,563 people. See Michell as a last name
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