Chappell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Chappell

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Chappell between 1922 and 1977, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chappell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Chappell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chappell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chappell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chappell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chappell 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 42 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.