Meichelle — girls' name
30 babies named Meichelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
30 girls have been named Meichelle since 1961, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1970.
- 30
- total births
- 1961–1970
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
70% of everyone ever named Meichelle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Meichelle in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meichelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Meichelle between 1961 and 1970, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meichelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meichelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meichelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meichelle 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 30 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.
Meichelle at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meichelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1961
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
30 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Meichelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 21 births that decade — 70% of Meichelle's all-time total
Meichelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Meichelle's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% 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, 1961–1970 (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.