Girls' name · since 1968
Micole
Micole has 577 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 577
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Micole is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 577 have been recorded since 1968.
Micole has 577 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2005.
- #10,813 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 577 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Micole ranks #10,813 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 577 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 577
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Micole's 577 recorded births place it above 85.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
Micole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Micole's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Micole popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2005
- Peak year (1988)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Micole by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (251 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Micole's strongest decade.
251 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Micole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s
1980s
251 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 251 births (44% of all-time use).
How Micole compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Micole's total volume
Micole by state
Where Micole concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 12 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
40 of 577 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Micole's decade-level peak was the 1980s (251 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Micoles (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Micole: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1968–2005 (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 Micole 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.