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Channing and Charleston side by side: Channing peaked in 2012 and Charleston in 2015; in 2025 they were given to 142 and 89 babies.

Channing and Charleston, year by year

Babies given each name per year
Channing and Charleston births by year20040060080018801900192019401960198020002025ChanningCharleston
Channing and Charleston births by year20040060080018801900192019401960198020002025ChanningCharleston
Channing and Charleston births by year2004006008001880193019802025ChanningCharleston
Channing and Charleston births by year2004006008001880193019802025ChanningCharleston

Girls and boys together; Channing solid, Charleston dashed.

Channing and Charleston compared
ChanningCharleston
Births 202514289
Rank 2025#1,772 among boys’ names#3,002 among boys’ names
Recorded since 188011,2383,813
Peak year20122015
Girls35%34%
Alive, estimated10,6003,560
Median age1613

Both names: SSA national file, published May 8, 2026, and SSA’s cohort life tables.

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