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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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—
2024#1,223192—
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—
1963#1,92237—
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 2017

  • 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: #761 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,883 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: #1,154 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,943 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #908 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,158 girlsMINew York: #598 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,034 girlsNYMassachusetts: #565 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,800 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedORNevada: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,806 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #949 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,682 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,006 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,994 girlsNJConnecticut: #391 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,681 girlsCTCalifornia: #536 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 2,796 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedUTColorado: #778 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,771 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: #704 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,325 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDEArizona: #513 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,313 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: #688 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,400 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #634 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,242 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #744 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,551 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #721 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,314 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #487 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chanel, so not publishedHITexas: #570 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 2,855 girlsTXFlorida: #426 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,047 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#391 · 1 in 1,681
  2. Florida#426 · 1 in 2,047
  3. Nevada#446 · 1 in 1,806
  4. Georgia#487 · 1 in 2,244
  5. Arizona#513 · 1 in 2,313

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#39171 in 1,681
Florida#426421 in 2,047
Nevada#44661 in 1,806
Georgia#487211 in 2,244
Arizona#513131 in 2,313
California#536701 in 2,796
Massachusetts#56591 in 2,800
Texas#570561 in 2,855
New York#598291 in 3,034
North Carolina#634141 in 3,242
Tennessee#68891 in 3,400
Maryland#70471 in 3,325
Louisiana#72161 in 3,314
South Carolina#74451 in 3,551
Washington#76181 in 3,883
Colorado#77861 in 3,771
Michigan#90881 in 5,158
Pennsylvania#94991 in 5,682
New Jersey#1,00661 in 5,994
Illinois#1,15481 in 6,943
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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 2017

girls
#728
391 births · 1 in 4,416 girls

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #728Chanel391
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 4,416 of them was named Chanel, which outranked 96.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanel
  1. #725Meadow394
  2. #725Rayna394
  3. #727Noa392
  4. #728Chanel391
  5. #728Guadalupe391
  6. #728Laylah391
  7. #728Zariyah391
  8. #732Aubrielle387
  9. #733Aniya386
  10. #733Livia386

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →