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Michele

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~202,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#4,758 among girls
Births in 2025
28 226,063 since 1880
Typical age
58 years, median

Michele popularity over time

Michele rank by birth year, 1915–2025Michele ranked #4,274 in 1915 and #4,758 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #29, in 1968.#100#1,000#4,758best #29 in 1968192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1915–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Michele was used most in 1968, when 11,281 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1905. It has held a top-100 place in 25 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #4,758, with 28 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 54%. It slipped 644 places against the previous year.

Babies named Michele per yearPeaks at 11,281 births in 1968.11,281 in 19680192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Michele?

Roughly 202,200 Micheles are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 226,063 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Michele?

Median age among living Micheles: 58. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Michele a late 20th-century name.

Your Michele

Ages of living people named MicheleHalf of living Micheles are older than 58 and half younger.median 58020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Michele is most common

Relative to births, New York carries 1.4× the national share of Micheles.

Where Michele is used more than average1 states use the name Michele more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.4× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Michele is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 29 1.4×

Is Michele a boy's or a girl's name?

99% girls1% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to girls: 17.8% of the last ten years of births were boys. Across the whole record, 98.8% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Michele in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Michele ranked #5,137 in 2025 on 3 births. That is 73% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Michele comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from French, Hebrew, Romance languages.

Notable people named Michele

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Michele Bachmann American politician 1956 49
Michele Placido Italian actor and film director 1946 41
Michele Scarponi Italian road bicycle racer 1979–2017 39
Michele Alboreto Italian racecar driver 1956–2001 37
Michele Ferrero Italian entrepreneur 1925–2015 30
Michele Morrone Italian actor, singer, and fashion designer 1990 30
Michele Sanmicheli Italian architect 1484–1559 28
Michele Canini Italian association football player 1985 26
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 180 in 1941 to 739 in 1942 — 4.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Michele is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Michelle 661 96%
Michele this page 28 4%

Names similar to Michele

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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