Channing

#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #1,771 for boys in 2025, 91 births
Given to boys 64.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 512 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,296
since 1912

Channing over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #590, 1987peak #515, 2012girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,13051#1,77191
2024#2,85758#1,70198
2023#2,61467#1,72796
2022#2,14289#1,566113
2021#2,36676#1,546113
2020#1,883102#1,353131
2019#1,97198#1,177164
2018#2,36177#1,036196
2017#2,22185#917232
2016#2,03397#832273
2015#1,758119#781300
2014#1,692124#692361
2013#1,599134#557471
2012#1,364171#515512
2011#1,497149#671352
2010#1,190204#645373
2009#2,029101#1,118165
2008#2,53874#1,334129
2007#2,43377#1,457110
2006#2,45975#2,22157
2005#2,34576#2,12957
2004#2,99852#2,64340
2003#2,95651#2,31246
2002#2,70956#2,15549
2001#2,60058#1,74365
2000#2,37465#2,04949
1999#2,30764#1,99548
1998#2,42957#1,70060
1997#2,28359#1,79053
1996#2,31457#1,70555
1995#1,93971#1,80148
1994#1,62493#1,27584
1993#1,94272#1,21686
1992#1,64392#887142
1991#1,87775#981119
1990#2,05365#949119
1989#1,68681#967111
1988#1,210124#943104
1987#590330#884112
1986#1,63872#867110
1985#2,65736#798124
1984#4,47816#1,13464
1983#3,80620#1,82230
1982#5,53412#1,65436
1981#4,74615#2,20423
1980#3,50623#1,56938
1979#4,05218#1,48740
1978#3,51221#1,57036
1977#4,42515#1,67032
1976#4,61413#1,50236
1975#4,59313#1,40739
1974#6,9007#1,22946
1973#6,0808#1,35438
1972#4,79311#1,17748
1971#7,3886#1,10954
1970—#1,22246
1969#4,72310#1,15246
1968—#1,33933
1967—#1,41129
1966—#1,51026
1965—#2,36612
1964—#1,43530
1963—#2,04416
1962—#2,03516
1961—#1,94818
1960—#2,8719
1959—#2,53011
1958—#2,50611
1957—#3,0248
1956—#2,16814
1955—#2,9648
1954—#2,7439
1953—#2,09914
1952—#2,15313
1951—#3,0667
1950—#2,5809
1949——
1948—#2,6089
1947—#2,35611
1946—#1,94914
1945—#2,5748
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1943—#2,07413
1942—#2,7128
1941—#2,6568
1940—#3,4595
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1936—#3,1476
1935—#2,39610
1934—#3,6795
1933—#2,09312
1932—#1,99514
1931—#2,10113
1930—#2,29312
1929—#2,7669
1928—#2,27013
1927—#2,29813
1926—#2,18614
1925—#2,19314
1924—#2,22914
1923—#2,33113
1922—#3,5327
1921—#2,15215
1920—#2,13115
1919—#2,51111
1918—#2,69910
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,5166
1915—#2,18412
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Channing! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Channing is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNHWashington: #845 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,129 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedILWisconsin: #551 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,402 boysWIMichigan: #974 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,961 boysMINew York: #1,063 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,349 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedIAIndiana: #715 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,164 boysINOhio: #595 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,019 boysOHPennsylvania: #801 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,647 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,159 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 13,312 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNEMissouri: #562 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,511 boysMOKentucky: #601 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,401 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedWVVirginia: #496 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,030 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedKSArkansas: #305 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,331 boysARTennessee: #497 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,811 boysTNNorth Carolina: #419 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,477 boysNCSouth Carolina: #399 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,151 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #702 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 boysOKLouisiana: #387 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,820 boysLAMississippi: #199 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 816 boysMSAlabama: #446 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,318 boysALGeorgia: #517 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 3,053 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Channing, so not publishedHITexas: #1,363 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 15,673 boysTXFlorida: #744 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 5,464 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#199 · 1 in 816
  2. Arkansas#305 · 1 in 1,331
  3. Louisiana#387 · 1 in 1,820
  4. South Carolina#399 · 1 in 2,151
  5. North Carolina#419 · 1 in 2,477

Best ever in a state: #151 in Mississippi, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#199171 in 816
Arkansas#305111 in 1,331
Louisiana#387141 in 1,820
South Carolina#399101 in 2,151
North Carolina#419211 in 2,477
Alabama#446101 in 2,318
Virginia#496141 in 3,030
Tennessee#497131 in 2,811
Georgia#517181 in 3,053
Wisconsin#55181 in 3,402
Missouri#56291 in 3,511
Ohio#595151 in 4,019
Kentucky#60151 in 4,401
Oklahoma#70251 in 4,154
Indiana#71571 in 5,164
Florida#744181 in 5,464
Pennsylvania#80191 in 6,647
Washington#84561 in 6,129
Michigan#97461 in 7,961
New York#1,063111 in 9,349
California#1,159171 in 13,312
Texas#1,363121 in 15,673
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Channing
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#1,701 → #1,771)
  • 418 spots since 2020 (#1,353 → #1,771)
  • 990 spots since 2015 (#781 → #1,771)
  • Biggest jump: 473 spots in 2010 (#1,118 → #645)
  • Biggest drop: 329 spots in 1993 (#887 → #1,216)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2012 at #515 (512 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1985–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,705
  • Highest: 1 in 3,705 boys born in 2012 were named Channing (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,770 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.3% of all boys named Channing (3,234) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s51#2,184 (1915)#2,779
1920s127#2,131 (1920)#2,409
1930s79#1,995 (1932)#2,572
1940s76#1,949 (1946)#2,549
1950s104#2,099 (1953)#2,583
1960s235#1,152 (1969)#1,811
1970s415#1,109 (1971)#1,373
1980s752#798 (1985)#1,284
1990s814#887 (1992)#1,430
2000s767#1,118 (2009)#1,916
2010s3,234#515 (2012)#782
2020s642#1,353 (2020)#1,611

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Channing in 2015

girls
#1,758
119 births · 1 in 15,001 girls
boys
#781
300 births · 1 in 6,389 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #1,758Channing119

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #781Channing300
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 15,001 of them was named Channing, which outranked 90.8% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Channing
  1. #1,743Rhiannon120
  2. #1,743Sahana120
  3. #1,743Zinnia120
  4. #1,758Channing119
  5. #1,758Ariyanna119
  6. #1,758Emberly119
  7. #1,758Kingsley119
  8. #1,770Carol118
  9. #1,770Georgiana118
  10. #1,770Ivey118

Tied with 11 names at #1,758; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,389 of them was named Channing, which outranked 94.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Channing
  1. #778Brantlee304
  2. #779Harry302
  3. #780Maxim301
  4. #781Channing300
  5. #781Kendall300
  6. #783Leandro298
  7. #784Aaden297
  8. #784Enoch297

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

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →