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How popular is the name Michel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Michels are alive today.
Michel (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Michele in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2023rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2024 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Michele you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old - or else around 8: the name has two living generations. Half of all Micheles born in England and Wales are between 12 and 30, and there are at least 300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Michele - on average, only one in every 1,010 such rooms contains a Michele.
How many babies are named Michel each year?
Includes all spellings: Michel, Michele. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Michel spelling rank?
Where does the Michele spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Michel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Michele, peaked in 2007, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Michel spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Michel?
At least 300 people named Michel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Michel?
Most living Michels are between 12 and 30; the most common age is about 23. There is a second cluster around 8.
Is Michel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.