Machelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Machelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,178 babies named Machelle between 1946 and 2015, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Machelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 177 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Machelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,455 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Machelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Machelle in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Machelle 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 3,178 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.