Girls' name · since 1945
Mischelle
Mischelle has 967 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 967
- total births
- 1945–1993
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Mischelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 967 recorded since 1945.
Mischelle has 967 recorded births among girls since 1945, 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 1945 to 1993.
- 967 total births
- 1945–1993 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mischelle's 967 recorded births place it above 89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Mischelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mischelle splits its recorded history at 1968: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 67 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mischelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1993
- Peak year (1966)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Mischelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Mischelle's strongest decade.
512 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Mischelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 141
1950s
141 births
- 1960s
1960s
512 births
- 1970s
1970s
236 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 512 births (53% of all-time use).
How Mischelle 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 Mischelle's total volume
Mischelle vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Mischelle by state
Where Mischelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 48 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 25 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Washington | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.5% |
48 of 967 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Mischelle's decade-level peak was the 1960s (512 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mischelles (48 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1945–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mischelle: Baby Name Since 1945 - 967 Births, Peak 1966." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mischelle. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mischelle 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 July 2026.