Michelena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Michelena

The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Michelena between 1917 and 1992, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michelena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michelena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Michelena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Michelena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michelena 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 79 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.