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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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—
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 1993

  • 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: #309 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,652 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: #593 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,176 girlsMNIllinois: #333 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,089 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #286 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,847 girlsMINew York: #249 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsNYMassachusetts: #382 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,635 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: #396 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,281 girlsORNevada: #205 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 879 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: #600 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,737 girlsINOhio: #445 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,302 girlsOHPennsylvania: #389 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsPANew Jersey: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,708 girlsNJConnecticut: #378 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,535 girlsCTCalifornia: #408 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 2,377 girlsCAUtah: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,933 girlsUTColorado: #604 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,054 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #561 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,361 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #321 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsVAMaryland: #251 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #478 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,628 girlsAZNew Mexico: #401 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,852 girlsNMKansas: 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: #865 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,677 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #509 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,517 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #115 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 420 girlsDCOklahoma: #397 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsOKLouisiana: #542 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,302 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #562 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,047 girlsGAHawaii: #83 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 316 girlsHITexas: #919 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,212 girlsTXFlorida: #321 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,960 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#83 · 1 in 316
  2. District of Columbia#115 · 1 in 420
  3. Nevada#205 · 1 in 879
  4. New York#249 · 1 in 1,414
  5. Maryland#251 · 1 in 1,427

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#83151 in 316
District of Columbia#115121 in 420
Nevada#20581 in 879
New York#249801 in 1,414
Maryland#251181 in 1,427
Michigan#286301 in 1,847
Washington#309181 in 1,652
Florida#321381 in 1,960
Virginia#321171 in 2,074
Illinois#333361 in 2,089
Utah#37671 in 1,933
Connecticut#37871 in 2,535
Massachusetts#382131 in 2,635
Pennsylvania#389231 in 2,879
Oregon#39671 in 2,281
Oklahoma#39771 in 2,349
New Mexico#40151 in 1,852
California#4081051 in 2,377
Ohio#445201 in 3,302
Arizona#478101 in 2,628
New Jersey#505121 in 3,708
South Carolina#50951 in 3,517
Louisiana#54271 in 3,302
Missouri#56171 in 4,361
Georgia#562101 in 4,047
Minnesota#59351 in 5,176
Indiana#60071 in 4,737
Colorado#60451 in 4,054
North Carolina#86551 in 7,677
Texas#919191 in 7,212
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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 1993

girls
#422
594 births · 1 in 3,046 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #422Chanel594
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 3,046 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 97.3% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #418Josephine596
  2. #420Kaitlynn595
  3. #420Kali595
  4. #422Chanel594
  5. #422Precious594
  6. #424Kaila593
  7. #425Chantel590
  8. #426Daniella589

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

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →