Girls' name · since 1958
Michalle
295 babies named Michalle in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Michalle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 295 have been recorded since 1958.
Michalle has 295 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2001.
- #16,050 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 295 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michalle ranks #16,050 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 295 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Michalle's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michalle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Michalle's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1958, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Michalle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2001
- Peak year (1968)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2001.
295 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 23 births in a single year.
Michalle by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (88 births, 30% of the file).
1960s was Michalle's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Michalle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
88 births
- 1970s
1970s
86 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 88 births (30% of all-time use).
Michalle decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Michalle's data
- Michalle's decade-level peak was the 1960s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Michalle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Michalle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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