# Jean-Michel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-michel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 6 | 5,915 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,463 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,750 |
| 1991 | 9 | 5,714 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,890 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,156 |

## People named Jean-Michel

- Jean-Michel Jarre, French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (1960–1988)
- Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
- Jean-Michel Blanquer, French politician and jurist
- Jean-Michel Charlier, Belgian comics artist (1924-1989)
- Jean-Michel Lucenay, French épée fencer
- Jean-Michel Henry, French fencer
- Jean-Michel Cousteau, French oceanographic explorer
- Jean-Michel Aulas, French businessman and politician (born 1949)
- Jean-Michel Monin, French cyclist
- Jean-Michel Ferri, French footballer (born 1969)
- Jean-Michel Larqué, French football player, manager and sports journalist (born 1947)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.