Channie — girls' name
535 babies named Channie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Channie was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Channie in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Channie
The Social Security Administration has registered 535 babies named Channie between 1884 and 1986, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Channie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Channie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Channie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Channie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Channie 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 535 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.
Channie at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Channie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1884
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
535 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 16 births in a single year.
Channie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 112 births that decade — 21% of Channie's all-time total
Channie decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Channie's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Channie by state
Where Channie concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 535 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 0.9% 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, 1884–1986 (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.