NameTides

Channing

Channing was the #1,771 boys' name in the US in 2025 (91 babies).

Channing as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Channing as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Channing as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,771 (91)——
2024#1,701 (98)——
2023#1,727 (96)—#2,614 (6)
2022#1,566 (113)—#2,052 (8)
2021#1,546 (113)——
2020#1,353 (131)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,177 (164)—#2,440 (6)
2018#1,036 (196)#3,412 (5)#2,740 (5)
2017#917 (232)#3,449 (5)#2,439 (6)
2016#832 (273)—#1,423 (13)
2015#781 (300)#2,020 (11)#1,204 (16)
2014#692 (361)#2,248 (9)#1,152 (17)
2013#557 (471)#2,216 (9)#1,002 (21)
2012#515 (512)#2,458 (8)#904 (24)
2011#671 (352)#2,613 (7)#1,118 (18)

Channing as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Channing as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Channing as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,130 (51)——
2024#2,857 (58)——
2023#2,614 (67)——
2022#2,142 (89)——
2021#2,366 (76)——
2020#1,883 (102)——
2019#1,971 (98)——
2018#2,361 (77)——
2017#2,221 (85)——
2016#2,033 (97)——
2015#1,758 (119)——
2014#1,692 (124)——
2013#1,599 (134)—#2,595 (7)
2012#1,364 (171)—#2,921 (6)
2011#1,497 (149)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #515.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.
  • In 2025, 36% of US babies named Channing were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Channing is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Channing by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Channing (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChanningCanadaGirls—too few
ChanningCanadaBoys—too few
ChanningEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ChanningEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ChanningNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChanningUSGirls#3,13051
ChanningUSBoys#1,77191