Chanel

Girl name

Chanel has been given to 19,182 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 1991.

Meaning & origin

From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

19,182

Peak year

1991 (676 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▼ -59%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Chanel.

19,225 babies since 1880

18,881 babies since 1880

18,875 babies since 1981

18,448 babies since 1894

18,438 babies since 1979

19,936 babies since 1908

20,089 babies since 1961

20,096 babies since 1943

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