Popularity of the name "Michelle" through the years, compiled from babycenter.com.brianv » October 16th, 2017, 6:00 pm wrote:The place is awash with Micheles and Michelles.
Year (# in popularity)
1915 (4620), 1916 (no data), 1917 (no data), 1918 (5197), 1919 (4034), 1920 (3468).
1921 (no data), 1922 (3262), 1923 (4671), 1924 (3059), 1925 (2553), 1926 (2959), 1927 (2626), 1928 (3055), 1929 (2245), 1930 (2489).
1931 (2504), 1932 (2937), 1933 (1382), 1934, (1536), 1935 (1431), 1936 (1359), 1937 (1207), 1938 (960), 1939 (921), 1940 (727).
1941 (612), 1942 (483), 1943 (374), 1944 (341), 1945 (307), 1946 (263), 1947 (248), 1948 (230), 1949 (213), 1950 (174).
1951 (151), 1952 (124), 1953 (107), 1954 (94), 1955 (97), 1956 (87), 1957 (79), 1958 (56), 1959 (47), 1960 (39).
1961 (34), 1962 (31), 1963 (26), 1964 (23), 1965 (17), 1966 (4), 1967 (3), 1968 (2), 1969 (2), 1970 (4).
1971 (2), 1972 (2), 1973 (3), 1974 (3), 1975 (6), 1976 (6), 1977 (7), 1978 (9), 1979 (10), 1980 (10).
1981 (11), 1982 (11), 1983 (13), 1984 (17), 1985 (22), 1986 (23), 1987 (22), 1988 (21), 1989 (22), 1990 (22).
1991 (22), 1992 (25), 1993 (31), 1994 (33), 1995 (41), 1996 (47), 1997 (55), 1998 (55), 1999 (56), 2000 (52).
2001 (59), 2002 (58), 2003 (62), 2004 (66), 2005 (74), 2006 (81), 2007 (94), 2008 (102), 2009 (104), 2010 (125).
2011 (144), 2012 (163), 2013 (168), 2014 (188), 2015 (192), 2016 (208), 2017 (230).
The Beatles song "Michelle" was released in December 1965. The increasing popularity of the baby name "Michelle" then took a jump into the top four in 1966, stayed there for nine years, and was in the top ten for another six years.