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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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—
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1964#2,07133—
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1962#2,66821—
1961#4,00911—
1960#5,1687—
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1958#4,8907—
1957#5,3776—
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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 1991

  • 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: #330 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,934 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: #325 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsILWisconsin: #448 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,557 girlsWIMichigan: #306 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,157 girlsMINew York: #270 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 1,566 girlsNYMassachusetts: #407 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,026 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedORNevada: #253 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSDIowa: #298 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,938 girlsIAIndiana: #615 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,975 girlsINOhio: #286 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,005 girlsOHPennsylvania: #387 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsPANew Jersey: #362 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,457 girlsNJConnecticut: #348 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,317 girlsCTCalifornia: #326 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 1,829 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedUTColorado: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMOKentucky: #321 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,384 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #343 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsVAMaryland: #234 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,381 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #288 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,518 girlsAZNew Mexico: #271 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedARTennessee: #453 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,379 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #381 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,409 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #125 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 488 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #411 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,505 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #568 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,186 girlsGAHawaii: #109 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 420 girlsHITexas: #505 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,410 girlsTXFlorida: #343 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,314 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#109 · 1 in 420
  2. District of Columbia#125 · 1 in 488
  3. Maryland#234 · 1 in 1,381
  4. Nevada#253 · 1 in 1,186
  5. New York#270 · 1 in 1,566

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#109121 in 420
District of Columbia#125121 in 488
Maryland#234201 in 1,381
Nevada#25361 in 1,186
New York#270761 in 1,566
New Mexico#27181 in 1,172
Ohio#286351 in 2,005
Arizona#288171 in 1,518
Iowa#29881 in 1,938
Michigan#306281 in 2,157
Kentucky#32191 in 2,384
Illinois#325381 in 2,040
California#3261431 in 1,829
Washington#330161 in 1,934
Florida#343331 in 2,314
Virginia#343161 in 2,306
Connecticut#34881 in 2,317
New Jersey#362191 in 2,457
South Carolina#38181 in 2,409
Pennsylvania#387261 in 2,731
Massachusetts#407121 in 3,026
Louisiana#411101 in 2,505
Wisconsin#44881 in 3,557
Tennessee#45391 in 3,379
Texas#505401 in 3,410
Colorado#52561 in 3,471
Georgia#568101 in 4,186
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Indiana#61571 in 4,975
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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 1991

girls
#380
676 births · 1 in 2,774 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #380Chanel676
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 2,774 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 97.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #377Cristal679
  2. #377Meaghan679
  3. #379Mckenzie677
  4. #380Chanel676
  5. #380Shayna676
  6. #382Chantel675
  7. #383Christa674
  8. #384Carol672

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

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →