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 | ||
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| 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 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#332 · 1 in 2,061
- Louisiana#454 · 1 in 2,759
- Illinois#779 · 1 in 7,746
- California#789 · 1 in 7,191
- New York#808 · 1 in 7,935
Best ever in a state: #58 in Hawaii, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #332 | 9 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Louisiana | #454 | 9 | 1 in 2,759 |
| Illinois | #779 | 9 | 1 in 7,746 |
| California | #789 | 19 | 1 in 7,191 |
| New York | #808 | 13 | 1 in 7,935 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 6 | 1 in 11,141 |
| Florida | #916 | 5 | 1 in 8,740 |
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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 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 12,332 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 90.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,003Libby120
- #1,003Petra120
- #1,003Roxanna120
- #1,008Chanel119
- #1,008Nyree119
- #1,008Roslyn119
- #1,008Trena119
- #1,013Adina118
- #1,013Briana118
- #1,013Cherise118
Tied with 4 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.