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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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
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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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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 1980

  • 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: #685 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,946 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #463 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,018 girlsMINew York: #426 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,853 girlsNYMassachusetts: #417 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,472 girlsMARhode 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: #695 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,399 girlsINOhio: #597 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,109 girlsOHPennsylvania: #533 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,926 girlsPANew Jersey: #536 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,134 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #534 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 3,619 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: #468 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,727 girlsVAMaryland: #251 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,553 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: #697 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,651 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #131 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 511 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #519 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,412 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedGAHawaii: #139 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 503 girlsHITexas: #944 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 9,222 girlsTXFlorida: #488 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,441 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#131 · 1 in 511
  2. Hawaii#139 · 1 in 503
  3. Maryland#251 · 1 in 1,553
  4. Massachusetts#417 · 1 in 3,472
  5. New York#426 · 1 in 2,853

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#131111 in 511
Hawaii#139101 in 503
Maryland#251131 in 1,553
Massachusetts#41791 in 3,472
New York#426351 in 2,853
Michigan#463151 in 4,018
Virginia#46881 in 3,727
Florida#488151 in 3,441
Louisiana#51991 in 3,412
Pennsylvania#533141 in 4,926
California#534481 in 3,619
New Jersey#53691 in 4,134
Ohio#597121 in 6,109
Illinois#685131 in 5,946
Indiana#69551 in 7,399
North Carolina#69751 in 6,651
Texas#944131 in 9,222
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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 1980

girls
#650
281 births · 1 in 5,909 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #650Chanel281
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 5,909 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 94.7% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #646Ronda282
  2. #646Sherrie282
  3. #646Siobhan282
  4. #650Chanel281
  5. #650Corey281
  6. #650Karyn281
  7. #650Regan281
  8. #655Dolores279
  9. #656Celia277
  10. #657Sadie276

Tied with 4 names at #650; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →