Charnell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 655 babies named Charnell between 1941 and 2006, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charnell performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Charnell 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 Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Charnell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charnell 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 655 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.