Channing vs Chad

Side-by-side comparison of Channing and Chad - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Channing

Boy name · Rank #1701

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Name B

Chad

Boy name · Rank #1814

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Metric Channing Chad
Current Rank #1701 #1814
Total Births (all years) 7,296 240,728
Peak Year 2012 1972
Peak Year Births 512 13,392
Peak Decade 2010s 1970s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1912 1914

Births by Decade

Decade Channing Chad
1910s 51 50
1920s 127 103
1930s 79 157
1940s 76 451
1950s 104 1,837
1960s 235 15,902
1970s 415 113,534
1980s 752 69,051
1990s 814 27,112
2000s 767 8,516
2010s 3,234 3,281
2020s 642 734

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Channing Chad
2014 361 346
2015 300 314
2016 273 291
2017 232 220
2018 196 241
2019 164 175
2020 131 150
2021 113 158
2022 113 132
2023 96 108
2024 98 90
2025 91 96

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1912–2025.

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