Machele — girls' name
381 babies named Machele in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Machele was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Machele in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Machele
The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Machele between 1953 and 1981, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Machele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Machele performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Machele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Machele in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Machele 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 381 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.
Machele at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Machele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1953
- Peak year (1964)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
381 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 28 births in a single year.
Machele by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 209 births that decade — 55% of Machele's all-time total
Machele decade highlights
- Peak decade 209 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Machele's strongest decade
209 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Machele by state
Where Machele concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 4.2% |
16 of 381 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.