Michelina
Michelina was given to 17 girls in 2025, #6,741 among girls’ names; 2,191 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,050 Americans named Michelina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 21 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Michelina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Michelina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Michelina is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “Michael” (Michele).
From Italian Michelina, from Michele (“Michael”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Michelina?
#6,741 among girls’ names, 2025
Michelina rose from #9,934 in 2015 to #6,741 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 6.2 to 10.6 per million.
56 babies in 1922, the peak
Michelina peaked in 1922, when 56 girls were given it, #1,003 among girls’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,741 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,844 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,095 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,622 | 11.0 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,354 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,827 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,611 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,700 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,714 | 8.7 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,508 | 4.5 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,934 | 6.2 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,948 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,762 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,047 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,975 | 5.6 |
| 2009 | 13 | #9,228 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,324 | 5.3 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,372 | 6.8 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,707 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,453 | 10.3 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,081 | 6.5 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,488 | 9.9 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,590 | 9.5 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,852 | 5.6 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,877 | 7.2 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,105 | 9.6 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,859 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,141 | 7.5 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,616 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,551 | 17.6 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,466 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,479 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,350 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,379 | 5.3 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,725 | 6.8 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,404 | 7.1 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,952 | 6.2 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,227 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,022 | 7.0 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,561 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,892 | 8.9 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,530 | 6.0 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,686 | 5.9 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,904 | 3.6 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,867 | 4.8 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,016 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,829 | 7.2 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,178 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,454 | 7.5 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,499 | 9.6 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,914 | 8.2 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,422 | 13.0 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,770 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,058 | 9.0 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,674 | 6.9 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,722 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,401 | 6.7 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,855 | 5.5 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,385 | 5.9 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,190 | 2.8 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,782 | 4.7 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,193 | 5.6 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,281 | 7.9 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,164 | 3.0 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,523 | 4.4 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,404 | 4.5 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,622 | 9.8 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,273 | 7.0 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,512 | 6.1 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,135 | 4.8 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,370 | 4.3 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,231 | 6.7 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,315 | 11.1 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,949 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,056 | 13.5 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,730 | 8.5 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,884 | 5.1 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,126 | 13.0 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,725 | 9.0 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,520 | 10.0 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,619 | 20.0 |
| 1941 | 18 | #2,003 | 14.9 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,072 | 14.0 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,580 | 21.9 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,404 | 26.3 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,271 | 31.0 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,494 | 24.0 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,822 | 18.1 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,592 | 22.0 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,435 | 26.8 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,337 | 29.0 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,101 | 39.4 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,226 | 33.7 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,149 | 37.6 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,305 | 30.3 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,349 | 30.2 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,127 | 38.8 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,133 | 38.6 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,181 | 36.0 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,241 | 33.2 |
| 1922 | 56 | #1,003 | 46.6 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,051 | 42.2 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,128 | 37.6 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,473 | 25.7 |
| 1918 | 48 | #1,052 | 41.5 |
| 1917 | 52 | #970 | 48.1 |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,051 | 42.1 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,164 | 35.6 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,168 | 36.8 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,057 | 43.2 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,516 | 25.1 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,421 | 28.7 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,256 | 35.3 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,901 | 20.2 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,510 | 26.9 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,878 | 20.3 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,647 | 24.0 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,075 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,980 | 19.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Michelina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Michelina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Michelina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Michelina, and how old are they?
1,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 2,191 Americans ever recorded as Michelina. The median Michelina alive today is 39 years old; half are between 21 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 1,608 people named Michelina (1,604 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,096 born in the U.S. The Census count is 47% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 117 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 169 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 212 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 195 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 187 |
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 Michelina born?
The states with the most babies named Michelina are New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey and Massachusetts are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 670 | #2,308 | 3.7× |
| New Jersey | 91 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Massachusetts | 75 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Connecticut | 22 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Rhode Island | 5 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Michelina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Michelina is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.7 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 Michelina 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 5,741 babies since 1880, Michelina is the most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 23 babies (74%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelina | 2,191 | 17 | 1922 |
| Micheline | 1,266 | under 5 | 1951 |
| Michaeline | 936 | under 5 | 1947 |
| Michelene | 750 | under 5 | 1950 |
| Michalina | 205 | 6 | 2020 |
| 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 Michelina
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 Michelina and names like it
- Compare Michelina and MichelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMichelina peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Michelina since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Michelina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Michelina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.