Channa
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
- Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 873since 1958
Channa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Channa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
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| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five girls were named Channa! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Channa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Channa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Channa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1984 at #2,515 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 45,509
- Highest: 1 in 45,509 girls born in 1984 were named Channa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 32.2% of all girls named Channa (281) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,835 |
| 1960s | 89 | #3,619 (1969) | #4,444 |
| 1970s | 204 | #2,664 (1976) | #3,468 |
| 1980s | 281 | #2,515 (1984) | #3,257 |
| 1990s | 168 | #4,808 (1991) | #5,775 |
| 2000s | 77 | #6,322 (2001) | #12,259 |
| 2010s | 32 | #12,199 (2012) | #14,215 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,462 (2023) | #14,378 |
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.
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