How Many People Are Named Machelle?

2,874

people named Machelle are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 118,923 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,178 babies named Machelle in Social Security records from 1946 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,317

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,980

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Peak Year

1968

177 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Machelle in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Machelle alive today is about 55 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 50 and 62 in 2025.

Under 30 99
3.4%
30 to 59 1,738
60.5%
60 and over 1,036
36.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Machelle first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1968, to 177 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.

Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2015

🏆 Rank History

Machelle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #745, in 1968.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#745 (1968)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#862 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Machelle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Machelle were born in California than in any other state: about 228 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Machelle was given 2.8 times as often in Missouri, 2.4 times in Indiana and 2 times in California.

California 228
Texas 125
Ohio 123
Michigan 84
Missouri 73
Indiana 73
Illinois 48
Iowa 43
Minnesota 36
Georgia 35
Pennsylvania 33
Florida 29
Oklahoma 28
New York 26
Washington 24
Kansas 21
Alabama 21
Utah 14
Tennessee 14
Arkansas 12
Wisconsin 10
Nebraska 10
Mississippi 10
South Dakota 6
Kentucky 6
Oregon 5
Colorado 5
Virginia 5
Maryland 5
North Carolina 5
West Virginia 5

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