Michele
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- mee-KEH-leh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Michele is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Michele mean?
Hebrew: Italian form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Italian form of Michael, a boys' name in Italy.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Michele a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Michele has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 28 girls in the US.
How popular is Michele in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Michele, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Michele in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Michele in the UK in 1996, and 27% in 2012.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Michele in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 2 | #3,980 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Michele in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Michele, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1968, with 11,219 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Michele in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1916, 29% of the babies named Michele in the US were girls. By 2023 it was 73%, with more girls than boys since 1926.
Michele in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,227 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 149 | #1,480 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,444 |
| 2004 | 196 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 213 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 207 | #1,038 |
| 2001 | 265 | #860 |
| 2000 | 247 | #890 |
| 1999 | 256 | #844 |
| 1998 | 299 | #729 |
| 1997 | 324 | #671 |
| 1996 | 397 | #579 |
| 1995 | 471 | #515 |
| 1994 | 563 | #452 |
| 1993 | 711 | #359 |
| 1992 | 822 | #328 |
| 1991 | 1,007 | #276 |
| 1990 | 1,164 | #244 |
| 1989 | 1,267 | #214 |
| 1988 | 1,272 | #206 |
| 1987 | 1,310 | #205 |
| 1986 | 1,424 | #188 |
| 1985 | 1,477 | #182 |
| 1984 | 1,692 | #161 |
| 1983 | 1,836 | #155 |
| 1982 | 2,227 | #135 |
| 1981 | 2,271 | #127 |
| 1980 | 2,486 | #125 |
| 1979 | 2,881 | #105 |
| 1978 | 3,484 | #86 |
| 1977 | 3,711 | #77 |
| 1976 | 4,443 | #63 |
| 1975 | 5,033 | #56 |
| 1974 | 5,587 | #50 |
| 1973 | 5,996 | #44 |
| 1972 | 7,380 | #36 |
| 1971 | 7,955 | #39 |
| 1970 | 10,090 | #31 |
| 1969 | 10,556 | #30 |
| 1968 | 11,219 | #29 |
| 1967 | 10,416 | #36 |
| 1966 | 10,689 | #36 |
| 1965 | 8,661 | #48 |
| 1964 | 7,908 | #58 |
| 1963 | 7,512 | #59 |
| 1962 | 7,428 | #59 |
| 1961 | 6,995 | #63 |
| 1960 | 5,609 | #89 |
| 1959 | 5,445 | #89 |
| 1958 | 5,212 | #92 |
| 1957 | 4,746 | #99 |
| 1956 | 4,617 | #100 |
| 1955 | 4,768 | #93 |
| 1954 | 4,763 | #89 |
| 1953 | 3,723 | #102 |
| 1952 | 3,406 | #110 |
| 1951 | 2,793 | #125 |
| 1950 | 2,500 | #128 |
| 1949 | 2,381 | #135 |
| 1948 | 1,799 | #159 |
| 1947 | 1,984 | #148 |
| 1946 | 1,375 | #187 |
| 1945 | 948 | #206 |
| 1944 | 1,159 | #187 |
| 1943 | 958 | #210 |
| 1942 | 728 | #254 |
| 1941 | 172 | #534 |
| 1940 | 102 | #686 |
| 1939 | 57 | #930 |
| 1938 | 53 | #972 |
| 1937 | 46 | #1,048 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Michele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jesse Matthew Jamie Daniel David Freddie Adam Toby George Joseph James Frankie
Names related to Michele
Michael Michelle Michaela Michal Micheal Micaela Michail Michaella Michel
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Michele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/michele, updated 20 October 2026.