How Many People Are Named Chanel?
people named Chanel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,260 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,182 babies named Chanel in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
676 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a French surname which meant "pipe". It has been used as an American given name since 1970s, influenced by the Chanel brand name (a line of women's clothing and perfume), which was named for French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883-1971).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Chanel in English. Counting Chanel and these spellings together, about 28,337 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chanel (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chanel alive today is about 27 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chanel first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1991, to 676 babies. In 2025, 170 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chanel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #380, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #1,311.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,311 |
| Best rank | #380 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #518 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chanel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chanel were born in California than in any other state: about 3,165 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chanel was given 5.8 times as often in Hawaii, 4.3 times in District of Columbia and 1.9 times in Maryland.
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