Michel
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Michel
Michel is usually the French form of Michael, where the feminine forms take an extra e and sometimes an extra l. While Michel and Michele are pronounced nearly identically by English speakers, using the Michel spelling for a girl might make people assume that it was pronounced differently from its more popular sisters.
Michel for boys#4642 US
While the (male) French form is pronounced in English like the girls' name Michelle and the German form had a hard k-like sound in the middle, this variation of Michael is distinguished by being used evenly for girls and boys in the U.S. For either gender, though, pronunciation issues will dominate.
Pronounced mih-SHEL.
As of October 2026, Michel ranked #10637 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1127 in 1966.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #3,978 | 26 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,896 | 41 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #4,882 | 20 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #3,641 | 30 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,955 | 27 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #4,067 | 26 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,988 | 26 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #4,189 | 25 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #4,530 | 23 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #4,077 | 27 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,651 | 31 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #4,642 | 22 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Michel.
Michel on lists
Famous Michels
- Michel MulderBoy
Dutch speed skater
- Michel HenryBoy
French philosopher and novelist
- Michel de Nostredame "Nostradamus"Boy
a French physician and seer who predicted many events that later occurred, such as World War II
Michel in pop culture
- Michel GerardBoy
French man who works at Lorelai and Sookie's inns in TV's "Gilmore Girls"