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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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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2025#1,309170—
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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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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 2006

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #1,045 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,814 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #756 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,720 girlsMINew York: #728 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,388 girlsNYMassachusetts: #817 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,685 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedORNevada: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsNVWyoming: 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: #897 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,514 girlsINOhio: #999 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,163 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,038 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,905 girlsPANew Jersey: #536 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,908 girlsNJConnecticut: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsCTCalifornia: #721 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 4,430 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: 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: #1,145 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,573 girlsVAMaryland: #861 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,029 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedAZNew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #229 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 659 girlsDCOklahoma: #724 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,501 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #993 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,982 girlsGAHawaii: #244 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 722 girlsHITexas: #1,072 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,924 girlsTXFlorida: #420 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#229 · 1 in 659
  2. Hawaii#244 · 1 in 722
  3. Florida#420 · 1 in 2,285
  4. Connecticut#512 · 1 in 2,750
  5. New Jersey#536 · 1 in 2,908

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#22951 in 659
Hawaii#24451 in 722
Florida#420391 in 2,285
Connecticut#51251 in 2,750
New Jersey#536141 in 2,908
Nevada#56251 in 2,502
California#721531 in 4,430
Oklahoma#72451 in 3,501
New York#728221 in 4,388
Michigan#756101 in 4,720
Massachusetts#81751 in 5,685
Maryland#86151 in 5,029
Indiana#89761 in 5,514
Georgia#99391 in 5,982
Ohio#99981 in 7,163
Pennsylvania#1,03871 in 7,905
Illinois#1,045101 in 6,814
Texas#1,072241 in 6,924
Virginia#1,14551 in 7,573
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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 2006

girls
#921
287 births · 1 in 6,624 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #921Chanel287
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 6,624 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 95.4% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #918Belen288
  2. #918Charlee288
  3. #918Shyla288
  4. #921Chanel287
  5. #921Adamaris287
  6. #921Alia287
  7. #924Mira286
  8. #924Raina286
  9. #926Adelaide285

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

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →