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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #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—
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—
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 2007

  • 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: #817 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,470 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #621 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,516 girlsMINew York: #568 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 3,055 girlsNYMassachusetts: #671 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,965 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedORNevada: #517 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,122 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedINOhio: #1,433 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,471 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,071 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,019 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,240 girlsNJConnecticut: #463 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsCTCalifornia: #563 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 3,193 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: #930 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,929 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedVAMaryland: #785 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,280 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #647 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,164 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #775 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: 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: #834 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,518 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,063 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,766 girlsTXFlorida: #431 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#431 · 1 in 2,289
  2. Connecticut#463 · 1 in 2,305
  3. Nevada#517 · 1 in 2,122
  4. California#563 · 1 in 3,193
  5. New York#568 · 1 in 3,055

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#431391 in 2,289
Connecticut#46361 in 2,305
Nevada#51761 in 2,122
California#563741 in 3,193
New York#568321 in 3,055
Michigan#621131 in 3,516
Arizona#647121 in 3,164
Massachusetts#67171 in 3,965
South Carolina#77551 in 3,790
Maryland#78561 in 4,280
Washington#81771 in 4,470
Georgia#834121 in 4,518
Missouri#93051 in 5,929
Texas#1,063251 in 6,766
Pennsylvania#1,07171 in 8,019
New Jersey#1,20751 in 8,240
Ohio#1,43351 in 11,471
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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 2007

girls
#880
318 births · 1 in 6,046 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #880Chanel318
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 6,046 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 95.7% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #875Miya319
  2. #875Moriah319
  3. #875Noelia319
  4. #880Chanel318
  5. #880Adalyn318
  6. #882Elsie317
  7. #883Gretchen316
  8. #884Briley315

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

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

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

See the top 100 for 2007 →