Chanel

#1,309 for girls in 2025, 170 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1991 · 676 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,097
since 1955

Chanel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chanel has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #380, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,309170
2024#1,223192
2023#1,168206
2022#937289
2021#829333
2020#715391
2019#781355
2018#770354
2017#728391
2016#651450
2015#684417
2014#630453
2013#722382
2012#746373
2011#827320
2010#813333
2009#799354
2008#772380
2007#880318
2006#921287
2005#914272
2004#920263
2003#1,008229
2002#1,034209
2001#933238
2000#815278
1999#796275
1998#694325
1997#597378
1996#561416#7,9716
1995#618358
1994#526468
1993#422594
1992#393658
1991#380676
1990#418606#8,1175
1989#468523#4,52711
1988#427544
1987#469465
1986#433495
1985#465458
1984#471437
1983#465434
1982#557332
1981#655270#5,4686
1980#650281
1979#660264#6,0565
1978#776198
1977#880163
1976#880151
1975#923140
1974#1,008119
1973#980121
1972#1,21987
1971#1,084111
1970#1,24789
1969#1,24281
1968#1,45161
1967#1,50655
1966#1,76641
1965#1,85438
1964#2,07133
1963#1,92237
1962#2,66821
1961#4,00911
1960#5,1687
1959#3,61912
1958#4,8907
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#4,7407
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1932#3,7765
1931#3,7635
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1929#2,9808
1928#4,1515
1927#4,2105
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1925#4,1975
1924#3,5057
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Chanel! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Chanel is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #197 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 793 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNHWashington: #640 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,372 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #399 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,793 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #439 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,757 girlsMINew York: #286 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsNYMassachusetts: #431 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,722 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedINOhio: #428 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,843 girlsOHPennsylvania: #400 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsPANew Jersey: #303 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,059 girlsNJConnecticut: #362 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,725 girlsCTCalifornia: #390 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 2,501 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedUTColorado: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,091 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #433 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,485 girlsVAMaryland: #301 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,080 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #461 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,015 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNMKansas: #369 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,546 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,819 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #166 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 710 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #399 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,563 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsALGeorgia: #422 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,974 girlsGAHawaii: #128 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 527 girlsHITexas: #686 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 5,928 girlsTXFlorida: #467 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#128 · 1 in 527
  2. District of Columbia#166 · 1 in 710
  3. Alaska#197 · 1 in 793
  4. New York#286 · 1 in 1,739
  5. Maryland#301 · 1 in 2,080

Best ever in a state: #58 in Hawaii, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#128101 in 527
District of Columbia#16681 in 710
Alaska#19751 in 793
New York#286601 in 1,739
Maryland#301111 in 2,080
New Jersey#303191 in 2,059
Connecticut#36261 in 2,725
Kansas#36961 in 2,546
California#390771 in 2,501
Illinois#399261 in 2,793
Louisiana#399121 in 2,563
Pennsylvania#400211 in 3,240
Georgia#422121 in 2,974
Ohio#428181 in 3,843
Massachusetts#43191 in 3,722
Virginia#43391 in 3,485
Michigan#439151 in 3,757
Colorado#44871 in 3,091
Arizona#46171 in 3,015
Florida#467181 in 3,426
Alabama#55351 in 4,307
Washington#64051 in 5,372
North Carolina#68351 in 6,819
Texas#686221 in 5,928
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Chanel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#1,223#1,309)
  • 594 spots since 2020 (#715#1,309)
  • 625 spots since 2015 (#684#1,309)
  • Biggest jump: 239 spots in 1973 (#1,219#980)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 2023 (#937#1,168)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1991 at #380 (676 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1975–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,774
  • Highest: 1 in 2,774 girls born in 1991 were named Chanel (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,455 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Chanel (4,754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s39#3,619 (1959)#4,693
1960s385#1,242 (1969)#2,366
1970s1,443#660 (1979)#966
1980s4,239#427 (1988)#506
1990s4,754#380 (1991)#541
2000s2,828#772 (2008)#900
2010s3,828#630 (2014)#735
2020s1,581#715 (2020)#1,030

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chanel in 1984

girls
#471
437 births · 1 in 3,853 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #471Chanel437
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,853 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 96.1% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #468Jayme446
  2. #469Ashlie443
  3. #470Noelle441
  4. #471Chanel437
  5. #471Josephine437
  6. #471Marlene437
  7. #474Leann435
  8. #475Hayley433
  9. #476Ginger431

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984