Is Michel a boy or girl name?
Michel is used for both, more often for boys in the US. In 2024, 14 girls and 31 boys were named Michel, so 31.1% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 25.2% of the 14,061 US babies named Michel were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #3,651
- Girl rank, 2024
- #7,815
- Babies named Michel since 1880
- 14,061
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 325 babies
Boys and girls named Michel, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 40 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 187 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 281 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 249 | 5 | 2% |
| 1940s | 949 | 187 | 16.5% |
| 1950s | 2,309 | 354 | 13.3% |
| 1960s | 2,033 | 680 | 25.1% |
| 1970s | 1,401 | 641 | 31.4% |
| 1980s | 1,159 | 469 | 28.8% |
| 1990s | 822 | 461 | 35.9% |
| 2000s | 584 | 586 | 50.1% |
| 2010s | 329 | 116 | 26.1% |
| 2020s | 132 | 46 | 25.8% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | #3,651 | 14 | #7,815 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,077 | 11 | #9,403 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,530 | 7 | #13,126 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,189 | 7 | #13,055 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,988 | 7 | #13,026 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,067 | 5 | #17,203 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,955 | 6 | #15,046 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,641 | 9 | #11,313 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,882 | 6 | #15,598 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,896 | 13 | #8,779 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,978 | 11 | #9,952 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,103 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,282 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,618 | 19 | #6,770 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,855 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,373 | 55 | #3,116 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,453 | 44 | #3,688 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,357 | 56 | #3,114 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,093 | 75 | #2,477 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,157 | 64 | #2,662 |
| 2004 | 68 | #1,824 | 62 | #2,667 |
| 2003 | 63 | #1,881 | 66 | #2,482 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,184 | 59 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,859 | 52 | #2,835 |
| 2000 | 62 | #1,776 | 53 | #2,767 |
| 1999 | 69 | #1,588 | 54 | #2,632 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,636 | 31 | #3,798 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,342 | 38 | #3,134 |
| 1996 | 69 | #1,471 | 51 | #2,498 |
| 1995 | 65 | #1,486 | 53 | #2,445 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,271 | 48 | #2,612 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,303 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,227 | 46 | #2,672 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,153 | 57 | #2,284 |
| 1990 | 132 | #894 | 39 | #2,935 |
| 1989 | 128 | #896 | 46 | #2,508 |
| 1988 | 110 | #913 | 32 | #3,133 |
| 1987 | 120 | #857 | 31 | #3,071 |
| 1986 | 123 | #820 | 40 | #2,495 |
| 1985 | 103 | #896 | 38 | #2,577 |
| 1984 | 124 | #777 | 39 | #2,450 |
| 1983 | 121 | #798 | 49 | #2,064 |
| 1982 | 132 | #765 | 77 | #1,545 |
| 1981 | 103 | #879 | 61 | #1,821 |
| 1980 | 95 | #917 | 56 | #1,927 |
| 1979 | 130 | #763 | 51 | #2,010 |
| 1978 | 120 | #771 | 61 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 142 | #714 | 53 | #1,893 |
| 1976 | 118 | #766 | 74 | #1,433 |
| 1975 | 142 | #698 | 61 | #1,617 |
| 1974 | 129 | #722 | 54 | #1,699 |
| 1973 | 139 | #676 | 61 | #1,537 |
| 1972 | 149 | #658 | 64 | #1,499 |
| 1971 | 165 | #642 | 73 | #1,436 |
| 1970 | 167 | #628 | 89 | #1,255 |
| 1969 | 161 | #617 | 87 | #1,199 |
| 1968 | 169 | #584 | 80 | #1,229 |
| 1967 | 169 | #581 | 71 | #1,294 |
| 1966 | 185 | #562 | 89 | #1,127 |
| 1965 | 200 | #542 | 62 | #1,402 |
| 1964 | 197 | #564 | 58 | #1,490 |
| 1963 | 230 | #525 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1962 | 200 | #559 | 55 | #1,521 |
| 1961 | 254 | #499 | 54 | #1,545 |
| 1960 | 268 | #485 | 56 | #1,477 |
| 1959 | 228 | #520 | 45 | #1,635 |
| 1958 | 226 | #516 | 41 | #1,694 |
| 1957 | 284 | #458 | 41 | #1,698 |
| 1956 | 223 | #507 | 42 | #1,653 |
| 1955 | 239 | #475 | 36 | #1,764 |
| 1954 | 241 | #469 | 31 | #1,902 |
| 1953 | 243 | #459 | 34 | #1,727 |
| 1952 | 223 | #467 | 31 | #1,811 |
| 1951 | 209 | #470 | 27 | #1,912 |
| 1950 | 193 | #484 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1949 | 167 | #518 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1948 | 134 | #578 | 24 | #1,990 |
| 1947 | 144 | #565 | 33 | #1,684 |
| 1946 | 128 | #569 | 20 | #2,134 |
| 1945 | 76 | #702 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1944 | 70 | #744 | 12 | #2,725 |
| 1943 | 77 | #739 | 19 | #2,055 |
| 1942 | 70 | #773 | 27 | #1,619 |
| 1941 | 46 | #948 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,088 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,116 | 5 | #4,727 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,123 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,432 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,623 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,386 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,714 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,298 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,695 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,445 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,414 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,366 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,474 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,343 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,642 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,322 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,612 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,374 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,324 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,350 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,410 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,339 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,209 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,789 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,321 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,397 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,331 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,299 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,591 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,529 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,316 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,068 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 9 | #897 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #984 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,255 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,159 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 10 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #922 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,060 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 8 | #796 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,000 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #878 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Michel reached #458 in 1957. As a girl name, it reached #1,127 in 1966. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Michel
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.