Channel — #13729 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Channel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,523 babies named Channel between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Channel currently holds the #13729 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Channel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 513 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Channel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 165 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Channel in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Channel 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 1,523 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.