Unisex name · since 1996
Chapel
283 babies named Chapel in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,234 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 283
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chapel is the #4234 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 283 recorded since 1996.
Chapel has 283 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4234 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,404 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,234 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 283 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chapel ranks #16,404 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,234 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 283 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,234 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 283
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Chapel's 283 recorded births place it above 77.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Chapel compares
283 44th percentile among 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
Chapel's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chapel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 283 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chapel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chapel's full recorded timeline at 2014, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chapel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Chapel popularity over time - boys
168 total births recorded since 2001 (Chapel as boys' name)
Chapel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Chapel's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Chapel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (45% of all-time use).
Chapel by state
Where Chapel concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
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What to do with Chapel's data
- Chapel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (114) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Chapels (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Chapel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Chapel 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.