Machel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Machel

The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Machel between 1958 and 1984, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Machel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Machel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1972.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Machel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Machel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Machel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 118 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.