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Michell

#12,740 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Michell has been given to 7,583 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #12,740 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1971, with 290 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% girls, 8% boys all-time.

Babies named Michell, 2025

1 in 474,000

Michell over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Michell over time

In 2025, Michell went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19262025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Michell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Michell means

Michell is a given name.

The naming story behind Michell

Wikidata records Michell as a given name. The entity identifier is Q113128546, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,995 girls were recorded with the name Michell between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 290 in 1971; its best national rank was #577 in 1967.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,831 in 2020 to #12,740 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,492 in 2015 to #12,740 in 2025.

In the United States, 588 boys were recorded with the name Michell between 1926 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1970; its best national rank was #1,938 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Michell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,740
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Michell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Michell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Michells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Michell was born before 1975 — so the typical Michell is around 50 today.

Median birth year
1975
About 50 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,962
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1970s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (2,176).

Is Michell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,729
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,909
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,248
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.4%
Peak was 1971 (290)
Years since peak
54
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#577
1967

Spellings of Michell

Michell is not the most common spelling — Michelle is, with 68.4% against Michell's 0.59%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Michell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Michell was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 33,657 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 14,286
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 25,000
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 25,000
  6. 6New York1 in 25,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Illinois1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Michell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Michell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Michell was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,089,544 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Michell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Michell around the world

Where Michell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Ireland
    1970–1973
    #508
    in 1973
  • Canada
    1991–1995
    #2,576
    in 1995
  • South Australia
    1951–1987
    #684
    in 1987

Popularity data from Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Michell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,740
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,909
Best rank ever
#577
1967
Peak year
1971
290 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,995
Count in 2025
7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,938
1962
Peak year
1970
20 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
588
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Michell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MicaelaMickeyMichaelMichelaMichalMickieMichelMicaiahShanellRachellMichikoIsabellAnnabellCampbellMickaylaChanellMicahMicaylaMichealaMickellVernellKendellMichealMichella

Names with a curve like Michell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Michell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CorinnaJeanaMelonieKerrieDarciKarriDarcieDionneJeannaKarrieMelonyKarie

Sibling names for Michell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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