Machelle
Machelle was last recorded in 2015, when 5 babies were given it; 3,178 Americans have been recorded with it between 1946 and 2015 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,860 Americans named Machelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 51 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Machelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Machelle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #18,095, in 2015; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
177 babies in 1968, the peak
Machelle peaked in 1968, when 177 girls were given it, #745 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #18,095 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,857 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,753 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,888 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,253 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,998 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,893 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,589 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,992 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,827 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (60)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 14 | #6,682 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,566 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,466 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,918 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,196 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,889 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,916 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,451 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,797 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,102 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,064 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,651 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,678 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,197 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,379 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,135 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,698 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,267 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 51 | #2,007 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,106 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,728 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 74 | #1,430 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 77 | #1,378 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 69 | #1,454 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 103 | #1,102 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 101 | #1,109 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 135 | #949 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 147 | #900 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 143 | #878 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 177 | #745 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 159 | #790 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 154 | #797 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 155 | #795 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 158 | #834 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 118 | #980 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 144 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 135 | #926 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 112 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 100 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 61 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,816 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,404 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,999 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,191 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,523 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,498 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,768 | under 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Machelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Machelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 60 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Machelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Machelle, and how old are they?
2,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 3,178 Americans ever recorded as Machelle. The median Machelle alive today is 58 years old; half are between 51 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 2,835 people named Machelle (2,824 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,951 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 890 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,560 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 322 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 84 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Machelle born?
The states with the most babies named Machelle are California, Ohio and Texas, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 254 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 137 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 137 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 94 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 82 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 81 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 49 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Minnesota | 40 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 39 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Machelle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,559 babies since 1880, Machelle is the most given (89% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Machelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Machelle and names like it
- Compare Machelle and MacheleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMachelle peaked in 1968.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Machelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1968The year the most babies were named Machelle.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Machelle alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.