Girls' name · since 1961
Lichelle
124 babies named Lichelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lichelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 124 have been recorded since 1961.
Lichelle has 124 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1990.
- #24,758 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 124 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lichelle ranks #24,758 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 124 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lichelle's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lichelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lichelle splits its recorded history at 1975: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lichelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1990
- Peak year (1979)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lichelle by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (54 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Lichelle's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Lichelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 54 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Lichelle's decade-level peak was the 1970s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lichelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lichelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.