Michelene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Michelene

The Social Security Administration has registered 750 babies named Michelene between 1939 and 1998, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michelene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michelene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Michelene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Michelene in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michelene 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 750 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.