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Is Michelle a Male or Female Name?

Michelle is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Michelle globally is 0.4% males and 99.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 4.7% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Michelle in percentages: Globally: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Brazil: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, France: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Philippines: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, South Africa: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Germany: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Mexico: 2.2% males, 97.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Michelle are 55-64 years old, making up 20.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Michelle in each age group: 18-24: 11.8%, 25-34: 19.4%, 35-44: 13.7%, 45-54: 15.1%, 55-64: 20.6%, 65+: 19.5%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Michelle is Trinidad & Tobago with 0.4377% of the population. Following is Ireland and Australia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Michelle measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Michelle year over year: 1956: 0.0895‰, 1957: 0.0874‰, 1958: 0.0846‰, 1959: 0.085‰, 1960: 0.0714‰, 1961: 0.0936‰, 1962: 0.0837‰, 1963: 0.0817‰, 1964: 0.0774‰, 1965: 0.0695‰, 1966: 0.1156‰, 1967: 0.1097‰, 1968: 0.1098‰, 1969: 0.1066‰, 1970: 0.0809‰, 1971: 0.0961‰, 1972: 0.0828‰, 1973: 0.0825‰, 1974: 0.0699‰, 1975: 0.0629‰, 1976: 0.0609‰, 1977: 0.058‰, 1978: 0.059‰, 1979: 0.0589‰, 1980: 0.0531‰, 1981: 0.0567‰, 1982: 0.0563‰, 1983: 0.0569‰, 1984: 0.0546‰, 1985: 0.0687‰, 1986: 0.0682‰, 1987: 0.0674‰, 1988: 0.0657‰, 1989: 0.0719‰, 1990: 0.0824‰, 1991: 0.0641‰, 1992: 0.07‰, 1993: 0.0822‰, 1994: 0.1014‰, 1995: 0.1578‰, 1996: 0.1849‰, 1997: 0.1434‰, 1998: 0.0651‰, 1999: 0.0689‰, 2000: 0.0511‰, 2001: 0.0847‰

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