NameTides

Chanel

Chanel was the #1,309 girls' name in the US in 2025 (170 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #1,974 in Canada.

Chanel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Chanel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Chanel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,309 (170)#5,927 (3)——#1,974 (11)
2024#1,223 (192)#2,575 (10)——#1,409 (17)
2023#1,168 (206)#2,201 (12)——#1,080 (23)
2022#937 (289)#2,325 (11)——#1,166 (21)
2021#829 (333)#1,785 (16)——#1,381 (17)
2020#715 (391)#1,687 (17)——#1,059 (24)
2019#781 (355)#1,349 (23)——#1,342 (18)
2018#770 (354)#1,436 (22)—#896 (3)#1,122 (22)
2017#728 (391)#915 (41)—#579 (6)#836 (33)
2016#651 (450)#897 (41)——#867 (31)
2015#684 (417)#984 (36)——#888 (30)
2014#630 (453)#859 (44)——#593 (52)
2013#722 (382)#626 (65)—#747 (4)#739 (38)
2012#746 (373)#639 (65)#580 (5)#907 (3)#695 (41)
2011#827 (320)#702 (55)#515 (6)—#655 (44)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #380.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Chanel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Chanel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,111CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,314TXFlorida: #864FL
Chanel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Chanel (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChanelCanadaGirls#1,97411
ChanelEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
ChanelIrelandGirls—too few
ChanelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChanelScotlandGirls—too few
ChanelUSGirls#1,309170
ChanelUSBoys—too few