Girls' name · since 1965
Chenell
Chenell has 256 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chenell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 256 recorded since 1965.
Chenell has 256 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1997.
- #17,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 256 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chenell ranks #17,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chenell's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chenell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chenell splits its recorded history at 1981: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chenell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1997
- Peak year (1987)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Chenell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (99 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Chenell's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Chenell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
99 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 99 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Chenell's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 1990s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1965–1997 (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 Chenell 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.