Chanele — girls' name
167 babies named Chanele in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
167 girls have been named Chanele since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 167
- total births
- 1975–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Chanele was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chanele in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chanele
The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Chanele between 1975 and 1998, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chanele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanele performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chanele shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chanele in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chanele in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 167 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chanele at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chanele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1975
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
167 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 14 births in a single year.
Chanele by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 45% of Chanele's all-time total
Chanele decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Chanele's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Chanele by state
Where Chanele concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 167 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.