How Many People Are Named Michell?

7,052

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

About 1 in 48,466 people in the US has this name

Based on 7,583 babies named Michell in Social Security records from 1926 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,022

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,683

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Peak Year

1971

296 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
93.0%
Male
7.0%

Of the babies given the name Michell, 93% were girls and 7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Michell rose from 78.2% in the 1950s to 95.9% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Michell alive today is about 45 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 56 in 2025.

Under 30 1,310
18.6%
30 to 59 4,736
67.2%
60 and over 1,006
14.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Michell first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 1971, to 296 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Michell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #577, in 1967. In 2025 it ranked #12,739.

Girls
Rank in 2025#12,739
Best rank#577 (1967)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#710 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Michell were born in California than in any other state: about 1,034 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Michell was given 2.1 times as often in California, 1.8 times in Louisiana and 1.7 times in Mississippi.

California 1,034
Texas 547
New York 456
Illinois 247
Florida 216
Ohio 204
Michigan 182
Pennsylvania 143
Louisiana 136
Georgia 117
Missouri 92
New Jersey 79
Mississippi 77
Indiana 73
Alabama 48
Oklahoma 47
Washington 43
Arizona 38
Maryland 37
North Carolina 35
Colorado 32
South Carolina 31
Wisconsin 29
Virginia 26
Kansas 25
Kentucky 21
Minnesota 19
Massachusetts 17
Arkansas 17
Tennessee 12
Nevada 12
District of Columbia 9
Oregon 9
Iowa 5

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