Recorded 1933–1994 Girls' name Peak 1949 1,429 births

Michaelene — girls' name

1,429 babies named Michaelene in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s641940s3981950s3841960s2471970s1731980s1151990s48
1940s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Michaelene was born in this single decade.

1949
Single peak year

69 babies were named Michaelene in 1949 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Michaelene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,429 babies named Michaelene between 1933 and 1994, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michaelene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michaelene performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 398 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Michaelene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Michaelene in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michaelene 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 1,429 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.

Michaelene at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

1,429

Since 1933

62 years of records

Peak year

1949

69 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1933

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 1994

Michaelene popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1933

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1949)
69
Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
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Michaelene by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
398 births that decade — 28% of Michaelene's all-time total
1930s641940s3981950s3841960s2471970s1731980s1151990s48

Michaelene by state

Where Michaelene concentrates geographically — total births since 1933

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Michaelene
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
215 15.0%
#2 Illinois
166 11.6%
#3 Ohio
29 2.0%
#4 Michigan
25 1.7%
#5 New York
25 1.7%
#6 Iowa
6 0.4%
#7 New Jersey
6 0.4%
#8 Indiana
5 0.3%
Pennsylvania share of Michaelene's total US births 15.0%
Even split

215 of 1,429 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Michaelene?
1,429 babies have been named Michaelene since 1933. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1949 with 69 births.
When was Michaelene most popular?
Michaelene was most popular in the 1940s decade with 398 total births. The single peak year was 1949.
Where is Michaelene most popular?
The top states for the name Michaelene are Pennsylvania (215 births), Illinois (166 births), Ohio (29 births).
How long has the name Michaelene been used?
Michaelene has been recorded in Social Security data since 1933, spanning 62 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Michaelene?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Michelle, Michele, Michaela, Michael, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1933–1994 (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.