# Michele (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/michele/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 226,063 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,764 / 223,299 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 214, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 2,980 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,825 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,756 |
| 2014 | 48 | 3,356 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,877 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,853 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,125 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,529 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,862 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,057 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,690 |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,348 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,339 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,179 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,837 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 6,648 |
| 2009 | 10 | 8,101 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,953 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,894 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,942 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,546 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,386 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,593 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,607 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,368 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,010 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,267 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,395 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,499 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,692 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Michele

- Lea Michele, American actress and singer
- Michele Bachmann, American politician (born 1956)
- Michèle Mercier, French actress
- Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
- Michèle Laroque, French actress
- Michele Merkin, American model
- Michele Di Gregorio, association football player
- Michèle Torr, French singer
- Michael Michele, American actress
- Michele Steno, Doge of Venice (1331-1413)
- Michele Timms, Australian basketball player and coach
- Michele Greene, American actress

## 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.