Channel
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,524since 1967
Channel over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Channel has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,267 | 57 |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,710 | 85 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 |
| 1989 | #1,910 | 68 |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #2,305 | 43 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Channel! It came in at #6,804, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2019, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Channel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Channel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1988 at #1,636 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 7 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 22,059
- Highest: 1 in 22,059 girls born in 1991 were named Channel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,636 in 1988, was only 1 in 22,542 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 33.7% of all girls named Channel (513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #5,456 (1969) | #6,425 |
| 1970s | 230 | #2,334 (1976) | #3,657 |
| 1980s | 513 | #1,636 (1988) | #2,149 |
| 1990s | 459 | #1,710 (1991) | #3,182 |
| 2000s | 179 | #5,009 (2001) | #6,824 |
| 2010s | 93 | #6,451 (2014) | #9,587 |
| 2020s | 32 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,059 |
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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