Channing
#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #1,771 for boys in 2025, 91 births
Given to boys 64.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 512 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,296since 1912
Channing over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,130 | 51 | #1,771 | 91 |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | #1,701 | 98 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 67 | #1,727 | 96 |
| 2022 | #2,142 | 89 | #1,566 | 113 |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | #1,546 | 113 |
| 2020 | #1,883 | 102 | #1,353 | 131 |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 98 | #1,177 | 164 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | #1,036 | 196 |
| 2017 | #2,221 | 85 | #917 | 232 |
| 2016 | #2,033 | 97 | #832 | 273 |
| 2015 | #1,758 | 119 | #781 | 300 |
| 2014 | #1,692 | 124 | #692 | 361 |
| 2013 | #1,599 | 134 | #557 | 471 |
| 2012 | #1,364 | 171 | #515 | 512 |
| 2011 | #1,497 | 149 | #671 | 352 |
| 2010 | #1,190 | 204 | #645 | 373 |
| 2009 | #2,029 | 101 | #1,118 | 165 |
| 2008 | #2,538 | 74 | #1,334 | 129 |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | #1,457 | 110 |
| 2006 | #2,459 | 75 | #2,221 | 57 |
| 2005 | #2,345 | 76 | #2,129 | 57 |
| 2004 | #2,998 | 52 | #2,643 | 40 |
| 2003 | #2,956 | 51 | #2,312 | 46 |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #1,743 | 65 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | #1,995 | 48 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | #1,700 | 60 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | #1,790 | 53 |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,939 | 71 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #1,624 | 93 | #1,275 | 84 |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 | #1,216 | 86 |
| 1992 | #1,643 | 92 | #887 | 142 |
| 1991 | #1,877 | 75 | #981 | 119 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 | #949 | 119 |
| 1989 | #1,686 | 81 | #967 | 111 |
| 1988 | #1,210 | 124 | #943 | 104 |
| 1987 | #590 | 330 | #884 | 112 |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 | #867 | 110 |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | #798 | 124 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #1,134 | 64 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #1,654 | 36 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #1,487 | 40 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #1,407 | 39 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,229 | 46 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #1,177 | 48 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,109 | 54 |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Channing! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Channing is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- Alabama#622 · 1 in 3,074
- Georgia#853 · 1 in 5,022
- New York#1,576 · 1 in 14,070
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
Best ever in a state: #151 in Mississippi, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| New York | #1,576 | 6 | 1 in 14,070 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Channing
- 70 spots since 2024 (#1,701 → #1,771)
- 418 spots since 2020 (#1,353 → #1,771)
- 990 spots since 2015 (#781 → #1,771)
- Biggest jump: 473 spots in 2010 (#1,118 → #645)
- Biggest drop: 329 spots in 1993 (#887 → #1,216)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2012 at #515 (512 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1985–1992
- Highest: 1 in 3,705 boys born in 2012 were named Channing (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,770 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 44.3% of all boys named Channing (3,234) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 51 | #2,184 (1915) | #2,779 |
| 1920s | 127 | #2,131 (1920) | #2,409 |
| 1930s | 79 | #1,995 (1932) | #2,572 |
| 1940s | 76 | #1,949 (1946) | #2,549 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,099 (1953) | #2,583 |
| 1960s | 235 | #1,152 (1969) | #1,811 |
| 1970s | 415 | #1,109 (1971) | #1,373 |
| 1980s | 752 | #798 (1985) | #1,284 |
| 1990s | 814 | #887 (1992) | #1,430 |
| 2000s | 767 | #1,118 (2009) | #1,916 |
| 2010s | 3,234 | #515 (2012) | #782 |
| 2020s | 642 | #1,353 (2020) | #1,611 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Channing in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 31,515 of them was named Channing, which outranked 81.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #3,100Suki52
- #3,100Wrenna52
- #3,100Yatziri52
- #3,130Channing51
- #3,130Aayat51
- #3,130Advika51
- #3,130Aizal51
- #3,167Alahni50
- #3,167Aleen50
- #3,167Allana50
Tied with 36 names at #3,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 18,770 of them was named Channing, which outranked 87.3% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #1,753Xavian92
- #1,753Yehoshua92
- #1,753Zealand92
- #1,771Channing91
- #1,771Aram91
- #1,771Khaled91
- #1,771Kyzen91
- #1,778Braydon90
- #1,778Edrick90
- #1,778Elon90
Tied with 6 names at #1,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.