Michaelene
Michaelene was last recorded in 1994, when 8 babies were given it; 1,429 Americans have been recorded with it between 1933 and 1994 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Michaelene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 54 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Michaelene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Michaelene?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,193, in 1994; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
69 babies in 1949, the peak
Michaelene peaked in 1949, when 69 girls were given it, #1,083 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 8 | #10,193 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,223 | 4.4 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,235 | 4.9 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,845 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,289 | 5.3 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,802 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,146 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,494 | 8.1 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,519 | 5.2 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,309 | 6.4 |
Every recorded year (61)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 11 | #6,146 | 6.5 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,781 | 4.8 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,277 | 10.6 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,779 | 7.2 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,181 | 6.6 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,014 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,735 | 5.9 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,829 | 9.1 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,276 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,720 | 19.2 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,368 | 9.5 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,805 | 17.1 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,954 | 15.1 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,747 | 10.2 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,667 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,980 | 12.4 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,467 | 15.8 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,755 | 12.7 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,177 | 17.7 |
| 1965 | 18 | #3,009 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,286 | 15.3 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,674 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,508 | 12.2 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,341 | 13.4 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,174 | 14.3 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,870 | 17.8 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,490 | 10.9 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,888 | 16.6 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,988 | 14.9 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,474 | 24.5 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,441 | 25.2 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,636 | 19.7 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,436 | 24.8 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,426 | 24.4 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,517 | 22.2 |
| 1949 | 69 | #1,083 | 40.3 |
| 1948 | 58 | #1,189 | 34.2 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,261 | 29.3 |
| 1946 | 51 | #1,216 | 32.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,729 | 18.4 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,266 | 30.1 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,336 | 27.2 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,617 | 20.0 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,155 | 13.2 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,668 | 20.1 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,771 | 18.2 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,921 | 16.3 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,347 | 7.5 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,686 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,693 | 6.7 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,068 | 6.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Michaelene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Michaelene has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 61 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Michaelene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Michaelene, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 1,429 Americans ever recorded as Michaelene. The median Michaelene alive today is 67 years old; half are between 54 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 1,191 people named Michaelene (1,187 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,195 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 105 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 562 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 277 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 147 |
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 Michaelene born?
The states with the most babies named Michaelene are Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, with 86% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 215 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Illinois | 166 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Ohio | 29 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 25 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Iowa | 6 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Michaelene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Michaelene is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1933 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Michaelene 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 5,257 babies since 1880, Michaelene is the most given (27% of them).
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michaelene | 1,429 | under 5 | 1949 |
| Micheline | 1,266 | under 5 | 1951 |
| Michaeline | 936 | under 5 | 1947 |
| Michelene | 750 | under 5 | 1950 |
| Michalene | 483 | under 5 | 1947 |
| Michaelina | 163 | under 5 | 1921 |
| Michaline | 151 | under 5 | 1953 |
| Michelena | 79 | under 5 | 1920 |
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 Michaelene
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 Michaelene and names like it
- Compare Michaelene and MichelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sMichaelene peaked in 1949.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Michaelene since 1910.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Michaelene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Michaelene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.