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
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 676 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,097since 1955
Chanel over time
Rank among girls' names. Chanel has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,309 | 170 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,223 | 192 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,168 | 206 | — | |
| 2022 | #937 | 289 | — | |
| 2021 | #829 | 333 | — | |
| 2020 | #715 | 391 | — | |
| 2019 | #781 | 355 | — | |
| 2018 | #770 | 354 | — | |
| 2017 | #728 | 391 | — | |
| 2016 | #651 | 450 | — | |
| 2015 | #684 | 417 | — | |
| 2014 | #630 | 453 | — | |
| 2013 | #722 | 382 | — | |
| 2012 | #746 | 373 | — | |
| 2011 | #827 | 320 | — | |
| 2010 | #813 | 333 | — | |
| 2009 | #799 | 354 | — | |
| 2008 | #772 | 380 | — | |
| 2007 | #880 | 318 | — | |
| 2006 | #921 | 287 | — | |
| 2005 | #914 | 272 | — | |
| 2004 | #920 | 263 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,008 | 229 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,034 | 209 | — | |
| 2001 | #933 | 238 | — | |
| 2000 | #815 | 278 | — | |
| 1999 | #796 | 275 | — | |
| 1998 | #694 | 325 | — | |
| 1997 | #597 | 378 | — | |
| 1996 | #561 | 416 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #618 | 358 | — | |
| 1994 | #526 | 468 | — | |
| 1993 | #422 | 594 | — | |
| 1992 | #393 | 658 | — | |
| 1991 | #380 | 676 | — | |
| 1990 | #418 | 606 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #468 | 523 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #427 | 544 | — | |
| 1987 | #469 | 465 | — | |
| 1986 | #433 | 495 | — | |
| 1985 | #465 | 458 | — | |
| 1984 | #471 | 437 | — | |
| 1983 | #465 | 434 | — | |
| 1982 | #557 | 332 | — | |
| 1981 | #655 | 270 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #650 | 281 | — | |
| 1979 | #660 | 264 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #776 | 198 | — | |
| 1977 | #880 | 163 | — | |
| 1976 | #880 | 151 | — | |
| 1975 | #923 | 140 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,008 | 119 | — | |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,219 | 87 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,084 | 111 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,242 | 81 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,451 | 61 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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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 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#97 · 1 in 421
- Nevada#216 · 1 in 1,024
- Michigan#274 · 1 in 1,889
- New York#289 · 1 in 1,747
- Illinois#326 · 1 in 2,147
Best ever in a state: #58 in Hawaii, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #97 | 12 | 1 in 421 |
| Nevada | #216 | 6 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Michigan | #274 | 32 | 1 in 1,889 |
| New York | #289 | 68 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Illinois | #326 | 36 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Connecticut | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,390 |
| Washington | #377 | 12 | 1 in 2,457 |
| California | #401 | 102 | 1 in 2,392 |
| Maryland | #404 | 10 | 1 in 2,771 |
| Utah | #406 | 6 | 1 in 2,240 |
| Pennsylvania | #418 | 22 | 1 in 3,265 |
| Colorado | #442 | 7 | 1 in 2,940 |
| New Jersey | #455 | 14 | 1 in 3,428 |
| Florida | #460 | 23 | 1 in 3,349 |
| Virginia | #479 | 10 | 1 in 3,710 |
| Indiana | #482 | 9 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Wisconsin | #489 | 7 | 1 in 4,185 |
| North Carolina | #511 | 10 | 1 in 4,068 |
| Ohio | #515 | 16 | 1 in 4,366 |
| Massachusetts | #536 | 8 | 1 in 4,812 |
| Texas | #548 | 35 | 1 in 3,811 |
| Arizona | #555 | 7 | 1 in 3,633 |
| Missouri | #612 | 6 | 1 in 5,422 |
| Georgia | #632 | 8 | 1 in 5,231 |
| Louisiana | #708 | 5 | 1 in 5,151 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1991 at #380 (676 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1975–2001
- 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%)
- 24.9% of all girls named Chanel (4,754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 39 | #3,619 (1959) | #4,693 |
| 1960s | 385 | #1,242 (1969) | #2,366 |
| 1970s | 1,443 | #660 (1979) | #966 |
| 1980s | 4,239 | #427 (1988) | #506 |
| 1990s | 4,754 | #380 (1991) | #541 |
| 2000s | 2,828 | #772 (2008) | #900 |
| 2010s | 3,828 | #630 (2014) | #735 |
| 2020s | 1,581 | #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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,525 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 181,903 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 51.0% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,271Zedrick12
- #4,271Zenon12
- #4,271Ziad12
- #4,527Chanel11
- #4,527Aaren11
- #4,527Abbas11
- #4,527Abdon11
- #4,811Agron10
- #4,811Ahsan10
- #4,811Aikeem10
Tied with 283 names at #4,527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.