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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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—
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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—
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1962#2,66821—
1961#4,00911—
1960#5,1687—
1959#3,61912—
1958#4,8907—
1957#5,3776—
1956#4,8377—
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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 1992

  • 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: #341 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,924 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: #366 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,214 girlsILWisconsin: #569 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,615 girlsWIMichigan: #244 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,585 girlsMINew York: #252 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 1,470 girlsNYMassachusetts: #402 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,990 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: #522 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,251 girlsORNevada: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,454 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: #414 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,022 girlsINOhio: #370 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,718 girlsOHPennsylvania: #471 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,803 girlsPANew Jersey: #369 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #332 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 1,874 girlsCAUtah: #417 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,301 girlsUTColorado: #548 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,522 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #291 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,825 girlsVAMaryland: #262 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,580 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,741 girlsAZNew Mexico: #266 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,159 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedARTennessee: #421 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #488 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #486 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,148 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #95 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 351 girlsDCOklahoma: #375 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,149 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: #750 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,899 girlsGAHawaii: #63 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 240 girlsHITexas: #612 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 4,299 girlsTXFlorida: #406 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,781 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#63 · 1 in 240
  2. District of Columbia#95 · 1 in 351
  3. Michigan#244 · 1 in 1,585
  4. New York#252 · 1 in 1,470
  5. Maryland#262 · 1 in 1,580

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#63201 in 240
District of Columbia#95151 in 351
Michigan#244361 in 1,585
New York#252791 in 1,470
Maryland#262171 in 1,580
New Mexico#26681 in 1,159
Virginia#291201 in 1,825
Nevada#30851 in 1,454
California#3321371 in 1,874
Washington#341161 in 1,924
Illinois#366341 in 2,214
New Jersey#369181 in 2,530
Ohio#370251 in 2,718
Oklahoma#37581 in 2,149
Massachusetts#402121 in 2,990
Florida#406271 in 2,781
Indiana#414111 in 3,022
Missouri#417101 in 3,092
Utah#41761 in 2,301
Tennessee#421101 in 2,975
Pennsylvania#471181 in 3,803
South Carolina#48661 in 3,148
North Carolina#488111 in 3,621
Oregon#52251 in 3,251
Colorado#54861 in 3,522
Wisconsin#56961 in 4,615
Texas#612321 in 4,299
Arizona#61671 in 3,741
Georgia#75071 in 5,899
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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 1992

girls
#393
658 births · 1 in 2,802 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #393Chanel658
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 2,802 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 97.5% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #390India664
  2. #391Johanna663
  3. #392Shayna661
  4. #393Chanel658
  5. #394Corinne655
  6. #395Jane652
  7. #396Arianna650
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →