Mishell — #11219 US girls' name
511 babies named Mishell in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Mishell was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Mishell in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mishell
The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Mishell between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mishell currently holds the #11219 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mishell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mishell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mishell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mishell 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 511 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.
Mishell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mishell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (2002)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #11219 among girls.
511 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 17 births in a single year.
Mishell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 134 births that decade — 26% of Mishell's all-time total
Mishell decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mishell's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Mishell by state
Where Mishell concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 511 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.