How popular is “Michel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Michel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Michel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Michel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Michel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Michel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Michel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Michel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	6	0.000029779		6	-100%
1883	5	0.000023047		5	-100%
1888	8	0.000026714		8	-100%
1889	5	0.000017304		5	-100%
1892	7	0.000020935		7	-100%
1899	10	0.000029478		10	-100%
1901	5	0.000014459		5	-100%
1902	5	0.000012929		5	-100%
1903	7	0.000018363		7	-100%
1906	9	0.000021006		9	-100%
1907	8	0.00001719		8	-100%
1908	6	0.000012279		6	-100%
1910	6	0.000010157		6	-100%
1912	11	0.000011133		11	-100%
1913	17	0.00001495		17	-100%
1914	21	0.000014827		21	-100%
1915	24	0.000013097		24	-100%
1916	27	0.000013958		27	-100%
1917	18	0.00000897		18	-100%
1918	34	0.00001566		34	-100%
1919	29	0.000013742		29	-100%
1920	28	0.000012375		28	-100%
1921	31	0.000013279		31	-100%
1922	31	0.000013542		31	-100%
1923	29	0.000012595		29	-100%
1924	24	0.000010077		24	-100%
1925	31	0.000013286		31	-100%
1926	22	0.000009582		22	-100%
1927	31	0.000013366		31	-100%
1928	26	0.0000115		26	-100%
1929	28	0.000012773		28	-100%
1930	27	0.000012144		27	-100%
1931	24	0.000011405		24	-100%
1932	19	0.000008999		19	-100%
1933	27	0.000013504		27	-100%
1934	18	0.000008667		18	-100%
1935	25	0.000011962		25	-100%
1936	18	0.000008664		18	-100%
1937	23	0.000010795		23	-100%
1938	34	0.000015367		34	-100%
1939	39	0.0000177	5	34	-74%
1940	37	0.000016068		37	-100%
1941	46	0.00001888		46	-100%
1942	97	0.000035507	27	70	-44%
1943	96	0.000034012	19	77	-60%
1944	82	0.000030482	12	70	-71%
1945	98	0.000036941	22	76	-55%
1946	148	0.000046318	20	128	-73%
1947	177	0.000049135	33	144	-63%
1948	158	0.000045764	24	134	-70%
1949	197	0.000056532	30	167	-70%
1950	219	0.000062511	26	193	-76%
1951	236	0.000064065	27	209	-77%
1952	254	0.000066877	31	223	-76%
1953	277	0.00007188	34	243	-75%
1954	272	0.00006833	31	241	-77%
1955	275	0.000068492	36	239	-74%
1956	265	0.000064273	42	223	-68%
1957	325	0.000077341	41	284	-75%
1958	267	0.000064588	41	226	-69%
1959	273	0.000065657	45	228	-67%
1960	324	0.000078001	56	268	-65%
1961	308	0.000074355	54	254	-65%
1962	255	0.000063191	55	200	-57%
1963	298	0.000075287	68	230	-54%
1964	255	0.000065593	58	197	-55%
1965	262	0.000072267	62	200	-53%
1966	274	0.000078834	89	185	-35%
1967	240	0.000070694	71	169	-41%
1968	249	0.000073703	80	169	-36%
1969	248	0.00007136	87	161	-30%
1970	256	0.000070983	89	167	-30%
1971	238	0.00006934	73	165	-39%
1972	213	0.00006777	64	149	-40%
1973	200	0.000066293	61	139	-39%
1974	183	0.000060197	54	129	-41%
1975	203	0.000067232	61	142	-40%
1976	192	0.000063277	74	118	-23%
1977	195	0.000061388	53	142	-46%
1978	181	0.000057028	61	120	-33%
1979	181	0.000054403	51	130	-44%
1980	151	0.000043838	56	95	-26%
1981	164	0.000047407	61	103	-26%
1982	209	0.000059579	77	132	-26%
1983	170	0.000049086	49	121	-42%
1984	163	0.000046722	39	124	-52%
1985	141	0.000039506	38	103	-46%
1986	163	0.000045824	40	123	-51%
1987	151	0.000041879	31	120	-59%
1988	142	0.00003843	32	110	-55%
1989	174	0.00004526	46	128	-47%
1990	171	0.000043264	39	132	-54%
1991	149	0.000038252	57	92	-23%
1992	131	0.000034103	46	85	-30%
1993	121	0.000032093	44	77	-27%
1994	133	0.000035775	48	85	-28%
1995	118	0.000032221	53	65	-10%
1996	120	0.000032902	51	69	-15%
1997	122	0.000033648	38	84	-38%
1998	95	0.000025828	31	64	-35%
1999	123	0.000033298	54	69	-12%
2000	115	0.000030424	53	62	-8%
2001	112	0.000029919	52	60	-7%
2002	108	0.00002889	59	49	9%
2003	129	0.000033927	66	63	2%
2004	130	0.000034023	62	68	-5%
2005	121	0.000031471	64	57	6%
2006	138	0.000034882	75	63	9%
2007	111	0.000027766	56	55	1%
2008	96	0.000024423	44	52	-8%
2009	110	0.000028794	55	55	0%
2010	71	0.000019211	29	42	-18%
2011	66	0.000018044	19	47	-42%
2012	52	0.000014218	18	34	-31%
2013	36	0.000009875		36	-100%
2014	37	0.000009983	11	26	-41%
2015	54	0.000014591	13	41	-52%
2016	26	0.000007087	6	20	-54%
2017	39	0.000010905	9	30	-54%
2018	33	0.000009386	6	27	-64%
2019	31	0.000008931	5	26	-68%
2020	33	0.000009879	7	26	-58%
2021	32	0.000009445	7	25	-56%
2022	30	0.000008868	7	23	-53%
2023	38	0.000011476	11	27	-42%
2024	45	0.00001352	14	31	-38%

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