first name
CHANEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,131 people named Chanel, 48.6% reported their origin as Black, 20.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.6% as White. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chanel peaked in 1991, when 676 babies got the name.
At least 19,182 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Chanel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #904. The largest share of babies named Chanel, 40.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chanel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chanel has been most common in Hawaii (5.1×), District of Columbia (2.8×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Kansas (0.19×).
16,188 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Chanel
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chanel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chanel ranks #101,282 of 156,621, with 190 people. See Chanel as a last name
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