Michele

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Michele: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Michele: Recorded since 1952, it reached #44 in 1958, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
104times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#2189
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2016	#5785
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 34 years from 1964 to 1997.

In 1997: #394 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2738 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #78 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1972
Highest recorded position: #44 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1958 (recorded 1952–1972).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Michele appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 32 ranked years and 1,398 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Michele across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Michele's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#105 (1964)	#59 (1969)	#394 (1997)	32 of 34	1,398 (1964–1997)	135 (1970)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1458 (1996)	#3254 (2024)	25 of 29	147 (1996–2024)	11 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1914 (1996)	#5669 (2022)	15 of 27	64 (1996–2022)	8 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#78 (1952)	#44 (1958)	#95 (1972)	21 of 21	3,029 (1952–1972)	233 (1958)
New Zealand · Girls	#87 (1958)	#50 (1961)	#93 (1969)	11 of 12	1,082 (1958–1969)	147 (1961)

Michele by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Michele in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	573	6 of 10	96
1970s	625	10 of 10	63
1980s	160	10 of 10	16
1990s	40	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 96 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1968 and 1969, when recorded births rose by 45, from 84 to 129.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Michele appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #44 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

Michele's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	233	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New Zealand	female	#93	71	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#78	85	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#78	81	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#79	79	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#89	80	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#59	128	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#53	138	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#50	147	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#77	93	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#74	100	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#87	80	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	20	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	17	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	28	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	26	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	22	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	24	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	33	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	63	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	67	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	75	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	85	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	93	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	135	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	129	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	84	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	90	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	111	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	101	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	58	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 1958.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 233 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1958.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1958, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Michelle · #1, 74y
Mick · #509, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tomasz · #45, 69y
Veronica · #42, 65y
Kaja · #41, 68y
Laurence · #47, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Christer · #44, 58y
Jillian · #44, 63y
Desmond · #43, 68y
Glenda · #43, 41y

Michele was ranked #44 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1958. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Michele and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Michele without appearing here.

Michele moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Sander Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Michele

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2301.

Moved the opposite way to Michele

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 while Aisling went from #154 to #18.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 while Alexandra went from #222 to #132.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 while Alison went from #146 to #53.
Ashley Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 while Ashley went from #372 to #200.

Moved the same way as Michele

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 and Alma from #327 to #496.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 and Amelia from #300 to #576.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 and Audrey from #85 to #250.
Debra Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Michele went from #105 to #394 and Debra from #274 to #576.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #44 in New South Wales, Australia in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Michele

Michele at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Michele across 5 official records

Michele by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Michele appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Michele

Michele and the names beside it

Michele moved ahead of

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Michele at a glance

Michele across 5 official records

Michele by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Michele appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Michele

Michele and the names beside it

Michele moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Michele

Moved the opposite way to Michele

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