Machella — girls' name
15 babies named Machella in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Machella was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Machella in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Machella
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Machella between 1965 and 1995, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Machella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Machella performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Machella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Machella 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 15 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.
Machella at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Machella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1965
- Peak year (1965)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
15 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 5 births in a single year.
Machella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Machella's all-time total
Machella decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Machella's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1965–1995 (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.