Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Channel

#5,333 most common girls' name of all time · #9,036 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2024

Rank among girls
#5,333
Rank overall
#9,036 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,524
Since 2016
51
Peak year
1991 #1,722
Best rank
#1,654 1988
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
198020002020

Channel first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 7 — 7 #12,439
2023 5 — 5 #15,645
2022 6 — 6 #13,900
2021 7 — 7 #12,459
2020 7 — 7 #12,416
2017 12 — 12 #8,927
2016 7 — 7 #13,166
2015 11 — 11 #9,642
2014 19 — 19 #6,532
2013 9 — 9 #11,222
2012 11 — 11 #9,870
2011 13 — 13 #8,761
2010 11 — 11 #9,962
2009 16 — 16 #7,790
2008 17 — 17 #7,514
2007 22 — 22 #6,172
2006 22 — 22 #5,989
2005 20 — 20 #6,066
2004 11 — 11 #9,437
2003 11 — 11 #9,193
2002 19 — 19 #5,982
2001 23 — 23 #5,064
2000 18 — 18 #6,042
1999 22 — 22 #4,941
1998 22 — 22 #4,865
1997 30 — 30 #3,771
1996 29 — 29 #3,778
1995 26 — 26 #4,045
1994 40 — 40 #2,965
1993 57 — 57 #2,277
1992 64 — 64 #2,122
1991 85 — 85 #1,722
1990 84 — 84 #1,749
1989 68 — 68 #1,920
1988 79 — 79 #1,654
1987 64 — 64 #1,832
1986 47 — 47 #2,220
1985 50 — 50 #2,127
1984 47 — 47 #2,143
1983 42 — 42 #2,297
1982 39 — 39 #2,483
1981 43 — 43 #2,334
1980 34 — 34 #2,735
1979 38 — 38 #2,468
1978 38 — 38 #2,382
1977 32 — 32 #2,656
1976 35 — 35 #2,376
1975 17 — 17 #3,920
1974 16 — 16 #4,003
1973 19 — 19 #3,466
1972 14 — 14 #4,266
1971 16 — 16 #3,931
1970 5 — 5 #8,867
1969 8 — 8 #5,900
1968 5 — 5 #7,930
1967 5 — 5 #7,672