Mechelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mechelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,386 babies named Mechelle between 1947 and 2021, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mechelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 287 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mechelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mechelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 380 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mechelle in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mechelle 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 4,386 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.