Meaning and history
Michel is the French form of Michael and also a German diminutive of the name. Notable bearers include Michel de Nostredame (1503–1566), better known as Nostradamus, the French astrologer known for predicting future world events, and the retired French soccer player Michel Platini (1955–).
20062006: 63 births, rank #2,082
2007: 55 births, rank #2,337
2008: 52 births, rank #2,432
2009: 55 births, rank #2,348
2010: 42 births, rank #2,826
20112011: 48 births, rank #2,547
2012: 34 births, rank #3,231
2013: 36 births, rank #3,060
2014: 26 births, rank #3,891
2015: 41 births, rank #2,864
20162016: 20 births, rank #4,776
2017: 30 births, rank #3,586
2018: 27 births, rank #3,891
2019: 26 births, rank #4,003
2020: 26 births, rank #3,918
20212021: 25 births, rank #4,118
2022: 23 births, rank #4,442
2023: 27 births, rank #4,002
2024: 31 births, rank #3,605
20252025: 22 births, rank #4,539
Michel rose from #896 to #894 for boys between 1989 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1957, with 284 births.