How popular is the name Michell?

Michell ranks 1,073rd among girls' names in US records, with 15,689 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 594.

Is Michell a unisex name?

No. Michell is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 411 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Michal, Michel, Mitchell, Mitchel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,073 of girl names

Pronounced M AY1 K AH0 L (ARPABET)

Michell is a girls' name, and first appears in 1913. It has been given to 15,689 children — the 1,073rd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 59% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1971, when 411 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Michal, Michel, Mitchell and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Michell and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Michell?: Michell ranks 1,073rd among girls' names in US records, with 15,689 births since 1913. Over the past decade it accounts for 594.
Is Michell a unisex name?: No. Michell is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Michell most popular?: 1971, when 411 children were given the name. It has been in use for 112 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Michell spelled?: Michal, Michel, Mitchell, Mitchel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.