Michelle
121
Babies in 2024
-27%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 285
-8%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Michelle
Michelle peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (285 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 121 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Michelle reached its peak in 1996, when 285 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #153 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 121 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 4,766 girls have been officially registered with the name Michelle in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,346 girls were registered with the name, starting from 165 in 2014 and ending at 121 in 2024.