Michele
- Pronunciation
- [Mi-chele]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- French Form Of Michael
- Origin
- French
Michele Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,763 baby boys have been named Michele. The name peaked in 1969 with 85 US births that year (rank #835).
Top States for Michele
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Michele births are: New York (476), California (148), New Jersey (105).
Other French-Origin Names Like Michele
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7-Letter Names Starting with M
Names with Michele's exact length and starting letter: Maarouf, Mabbina, Mabelle, Macaire, Macario.
Quick Facts About Michele
US Popularity History (1954–2001)
Annual US births named Michele by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1968 with 11,219 girls named Michele (girl rank #29 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #864 for girls (265 US births). That's 835 places below its 1968 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Michele Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2000–2009 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Michele the strongest states are New Jersey, New York, Maryland.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #575 | 137 |
| 2 | New York | #653 | 191 |
| 3 | Maryland | #690 | 29 |
| 4 | Virginia | #755 | 25 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #780 | 54 |
| 6 | Texas | #785 | 95 |
| 7 | Arizona | #884 | 21 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #884 | 21 |
| 2 | Texas | #785 | 95 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #780 | 54 |
| 4 | Virginia | #755 | 25 |
| 5 | Maryland | #690 | 29 |
| 6 | New York | #653 | 191 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #575 | 137 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2009. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Michele in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Michele to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Michele against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).