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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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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1961#4,00911—
1960#5,1687—
1959#3,61912—
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 1997

  • 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: #635 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,090 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: #555 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,496 girlsILWisconsin: #654 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,006 girlsWIMichigan: #543 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,712 girlsMINew York: #338 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMARhode 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedINOhio: #464 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,255 girlsOHPennsylvania: #509 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,642 girlsPANew Jersey: #391 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,456 girlsNJConnecticut: #464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,087 girlsCTCalifornia: #646 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 4,286 girlsCAUtah: #481 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,597 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #759 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,904 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #841 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,651 girlsVAMaryland: #378 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #668 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,011 girlsAZNew 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: #965 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,011 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #181 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 577 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #671 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,752 girlsGAHawaii: #242 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 749 girlsHITexas: #920 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 6,995 girlsTXFlorida: #346 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,038 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#181 · 1 in 577
  2. Hawaii#242 · 1 in 749
  3. New York#338 · 1 in 1,942
  4. Florida#346 · 1 in 2,038
  5. Maryland#378 · 1 in 2,149

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#18161 in 577
Hawaii#24251 in 749
New York#338521 in 1,942
Florida#346361 in 2,038
Maryland#378111 in 2,149
New Jersey#391171 in 2,456
Connecticut#46451 in 3,087
Ohio#464191 in 3,255
Utah#48161 in 2,597
Pennsylvania#509161 in 3,642
Michigan#543141 in 3,712
Illinois#555201 in 3,496
Washington#63571 in 4,090
California#646521 in 4,286
Wisconsin#65451 in 5,006
Arizona#66871 in 4,011
Georgia#67191 in 4,752
Missouri#75951 in 5,904
Virginia#84151 in 6,651
Texas#920201 in 6,995
North Carolina#96551 in 8,011
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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 1997

girls
#597
378 births · 1 in 4,605 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #597Chanel378
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 4,605 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 96.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #593Jocelyne386
  2. #595Brooklynn384
  3. #596Shakira383
  4. #597Chanel378
  5. #597Destiney378
  6. #597Lucia378
  7. #600Carlee377
  8. #600Eileen377
  9. #600Lyric377

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

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →