Girls' name · since 1963
Chanelle
5,223 babies named Chanelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,965 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,223
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chanelle is the #5965 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,223 recorded since 1963.
Chanelle has 5,223 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5965 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,965 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,223 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanelle ranks #2,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,965 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,223 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,965 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,223
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chanelle's 5,223 recorded births place it above 96.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Chanelle compares
5,223 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chanelle's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chanelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,223 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 224 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chanelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chanelle splits its recorded history at 1994: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 224 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chanelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 224
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Chanelle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,490 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Chanelle's strongest decade.
1,490 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Chanelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 78
1960s
78 births
- 1970s 433
1970s
433 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,405 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,490 births
- 2000s
2000s
905 births
- 2010s
2010s
741 births
- 2020s 171
2020s
171 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,490 births (29% of all-time use).
How Chanelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chanelle's total volume
Chanelle by state
Where Chanelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 788 | 15.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 439 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 261 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 199 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 166 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 126 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 112 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 99 | 1.9% |
788 of 5,223 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Chanelle appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chanelle's data
- Chanelle's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,490 total births); usage has since declined to 171 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chanelles (788 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chanelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chanelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.