Girl · Name family
Michelle
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- Michelle 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Michèle 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Micaela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Michaela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Michalina 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇵🇱
- Mikaela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Michela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Michaella 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Michaele 🇺🇸🇫🇷
- Michaelle 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Mikhaela 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇧🇬
- Mickaela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇮🇪
- Michella 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇵🇱
- Mykaela 🇺🇸🇨🇦
- Mikaella 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Mikelle 🇺🇸
- Mikela 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷
- Mickaella 🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Mickaelle 🇫🇷
- Mychelle 🇺🇸
- Micaella 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾
- Mikella 🇺🇸🇨🇦
- Miquela 🇺🇸
- Mychaela 🇺🇸
1,903,914births recorded
27Countries
26Variants
1971Peak · South Australia
#10Bulgaria 2025
Michelle is a girl name family recorded 1,903,914 times in 27 countries since 1895. It ranks highest today in Bulgaria (#10 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in South Australia in 1971, at 1,926.5 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Michèle (France), Micaela (Argentina), Michalina (Poland).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Michelle
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle | English | 819,760 | 🇺🇸 United States | #465 | 1969 | ▼ 57 % |
| Michelle | English | 122,290 | 🇫🇷 France | #1062 | 1945 | ▼ 2 % |
| Michelle | English | 34,048 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #194 | 1973 | ▼ 10 % |
| Michelle | English | 25,874 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1967 | – |
| Michelle | English | 16,106 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #304 | 1985 | ▼ 35 % |
| Michelle | English | 9,987 | 🏴 Scotland | #301 | 1982 | ▲ 106 % |
| Michèle | French | 223,299 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4758 | 1968 | ▼ 49 % |
| Michèle | French | 180,090 | 🇫🇷 France | #2509 | 1947 | ▲ 26 % |
| Michèle | French | 6,526 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1966 | – |
| Michèle | French | 3,029 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1958 | – |
| Michèle | French | 1,510 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1967 | – |
| Michèle | French | 1,390 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1970 | – |
| Micaela | Spanish | 194,177 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #179 | 1994 | ▼ 76 % |
| Micaela | Spanish | 14,983 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1285 | 1995 | ▼ 13 % |
| Micaela | Spanish | 4,651 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #38 | 1998 | ▼ 67 % |
| Micaela | Spanish | 382 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1996 | – |
| Micaela | Spanish | 320 | 🇫🇷 France | #2679 | 2025 | new |
| Micaela | Spanish | 227 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2787 | 2002 | ▼ 21 % |
| Michaela | German | 53,702 | 🇺🇸 United States | #841 | 1997 | ▼ 44 % |
| Michaela | German | 8,328 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #566 | 1984 | ▼ 75 % |
| Michaela | German | 3,763 | 🏴 England & Wales | #747 | 1996 | ▼ 10 % |
| Michaela | German | 2,202 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #542 | 1998 | ▼ 30 % |
| Michaela | German | 1,789 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | #60 | 2010 | – |
| Michaela | German | 1,760 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #273 | 1998 | ▼ 32 % |
| Michalina | Polish | 44,103 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #16 | 2025 | ▲ 115 % |
| Michalina | Polish | 530 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2018 | – |
| Michalina | Polish | 205 | 🇺🇸 United States | #13208 | 1911 | new |
| Michalina | Polish | 109 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2010 | – |
| Michalina | Polish | 30 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1927 | – |
| Michalina | Polish | 17 | 🇩🇪 Germany (large cities) | – | 2017 | – |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 20,719 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1034 | 1997 | ▼ 45 % |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 1,816 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1222 | 2011 | ▼ 48 % |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 1,450 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | #406 | 1998 | ▼ 8 % |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 1,346 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #542 | 1998 | ▼ 38 % |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 882 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #131 | 1996 | ▼ 43 % |
| Mikaela | Spanish | 565 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1229 | 1996 | ▲ 128 % |
| Michela | Italian | 11,721 | 🇮🇹 Italy | – | 1999 | – |
| Michela | Italian | 2,217 | 🇺🇸 United States | #10917 | 1998 | ▼ 63 % |
| Michela | Italian | 287 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2000 | – |
| Michela | Italian | 227 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #2703 | 1995 | ▼ 46 % |
| Michela | Italian | 145 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2019 | – |
| Michela | Italian | 57 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 1998 | – |
| Michaella | French | 2,309 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4172 | 1997 | ▲ 36 % |
| Michaella | French | 395 | 🇫🇷 France | #5137 | 2024 | ▲ 27 % |
| Michaella | French | 199 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2000 | – |
| Michaella | French | 61 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 2001 | – |
| Michaella | French | 57 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2011 | – |
| Michaella | French | 26 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1998 | – |
| Michaele | English | 1,837 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1947 | – |
| Michaele | English | 260 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1971 | – |
| Michaelle | French | 1,388 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1967 | – |
| Michaelle | French | 585 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 1970 | – |
| Michaelle | French | 119 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2005 | – |
| Mikhaela | German | 1,566 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | #10 | 2019 | – |
| Mikhaela | German | 377 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1997 | – |
| Mikhaela | German | 6 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1996 | – |
| Mickaela | French | 725 | 🇫🇷 France | #3954 | 2001 | ▼ 37 % |
| Mickaela | French | 642 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | – | 1994 | – |
| Mickaela | French | 509 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1997 | – |
| Mickaela | French | 6 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2012 | – |
| Mickaela | French | 5 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 1998 | – |
| Mickaela | French | 5 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 1998 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Michelle ↔ Michèle — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Michela — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Micaela — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Mikaela — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Michaela — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Michalina — checked by hand
- Michelle ↔ Michaele — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ Michaelle — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ Mikelle — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ Mickaelle — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ Mychelle — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ Mikaelle — spelling variant
- Michelle ↔ M Michelle — spelling variant
- Micaela ↔ Michaella — spelling variant
Questions about Michelle
How popular is the name Michelle?
In 2025 it ranked #10 in Bulgaria. Official registers record 1,903,914 births across 27 countries.
What is Michelle in other languages?
Michèle (French); Micaela (Spanish); Michaela (German); Michalina (Polish); Mikaela (Spanish); Michela (Italian); Michaella (French); Michaele (English); Michaelle (French); Mikhaela (German).
When was Michelle most popular?
It peaked in South Australia in 1971, at 1,926.5 births per 100,000.
Is Michelle a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Michelle is a girl name.