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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #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
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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 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedAKMaine: 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: #523 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,616 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: #994 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,849 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #675 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,386 girlsMINew York: #563 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,234 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMARhode 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: #855 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,391 girlsOHPennsylvania: #906 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,929 girlsPANew Jersey: #874 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,944 girlsNJConnecticut: #493 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,870 girlsCTCalifornia: #821 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 5,448 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #751 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,731 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,052 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,396 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #781 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,303 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #825 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,939 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,015 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,316 girlsGAHawaii: #167 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 523 girlsHITexas: #1,215 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,849 girlsTXFlorida: #651 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,905 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#167 · 1 in 523
  2. Connecticut#493 · 1 in 2,870
  3. Washington#523 · 1 in 2,616
  4. New York#563 · 1 in 3,234
  5. Florida#651 · 1 in 3,905

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#16771 in 523
Connecticut#49351 in 2,870
Washington#523111 in 2,616
New York#563301 in 3,234
Florida#651211 in 3,905
Michigan#675111 in 4,386
Missouri#75161 in 4,731
Arizona#78181 in 4,303
California#821421 in 5,448
North Carolina#82591 in 4,939
Ohio#85591 in 6,391
New Jersey#87471 in 5,944
Pennsylvania#90681 in 6,929
Illinois#994101 in 6,849
Georgia#1,01581 in 6,316
Virginia#1,05251 in 7,396
Texas#1,215181 in 8,849
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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 2004

girls
#920
263 births · 1 in 6,982 girls

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #920Chanel263
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 6,982 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 95.1% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #912Sally265
  2. #918Alize264
  3. #918Aylin264
  4. #920Chanel263
  5. #920Gracelyn263
  6. #920Kenia263
  7. #923Brianne262
  8. #924Chana261
  9. #924Jaylee261

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

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

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

See the top 100 for 2004