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.

Channing**

#1,101 most common boys' name of all time · #2,611 across all names · 65% male / 35% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,101
Rank overall
#2,611 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
11,238
Since 2016
2,307
Peak year
2012 #516
Best rank
#516 2012
Girls Boys peak 683/yr
192019401960198020002020

Channing first appears in 1912. 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
2025 51 91 142 #1,773
2024 58 98 156 #1,701
2023 67 96 163 #1,730
2022 89 113 202 #1,568
2021 76 113 189 #1,548
2020 102 131 233 #1,355
2019 98 164 262 #1,177
2018 77 196 273 #1,036
2017 85 232 317 #917
2016 97 273 370 #832
2015 119 300 419 #782
2014 124 361 485 #693
2013 134 471 605 #558
2012 171 512 683 #516
2011 149 352 501 #671
2010 204 373 577 #645
2009 101 165 266 #1,120
2008 74 129 203 #1,335
2007 77 110 187 #1,459
2006 75 57 132 #2,226
2005 76 57 133 #2,137
2004 52 40 92 #2,655
2003 51 46 97 #2,315
2002 56 49 105 #2,164
2001 58 65 123 #1,746
2000 65 49 114 #2,059
1999 64 48 112 #2,002
1998 57 60 117 #1,705
1997 59 53 112 #1,794
1996 57 55 112 #1,709
1995 71 48 119 #1,812
1994 93 84 177 #1,276
1993 72 86 158 #1,221
1992 92 142 234 #889
1991 75 119 194 #981
1990 65 119 184 #955
1989 81 111 192 #973
1988 124 104 228 #946
1987 330 112 442 #886
1986 72 110 182 #868
1985 36 124 160 #799
1984 16 64 80 #1,138
1983 20 30 50 #1,837
1982 12 36 48 #1,665
1981 15 23 38 #2,229
1980 23 38 61 #1,574
1979 18 40 58 #1,499
1978 21 36 57 #1,581
1977 15 32 47 #1,687
1976 13 36 49 #1,523
1975 13 39 52 #1,415
1974 7 46 53 #1,234
1973 8 38 46 #1,361
1972 11 48 59 #1,184
1971 6 54 60 #1,124
1970 46 46 #1,234
1969 10 46 56 #1,160
1968 33 33 #1,353
1967 29 29 #1,435
1966 26 26 #1,528
1965 12 12 #2,416
1964 30 30 #1,454
1963 16 16 #2,080
1962 16 16 #2,076
1961 18 18 #1,976
1960 9 9 #2,967
1959 11 11 #2,593
1958 11 11 #2,572
1957 8 8 #3,124
1956 14 14 #2,221
1955 8 8 #3,075
1954 9 9 #2,847
1953 14 14 #2,159
1952 13 13 #2,212
1951 7 7 #3,198
1950 9 9 #2,683
1948 9 9 #2,697
1947 11 11 #2,441
1946 14 14 #2,008
1945 8 8 #2,669
1943 13 13 #2,142
1942 8 8 #2,855
1941 8 8 #2,793
1940 5 5 #3,644
1938 7 7 #3,034
1936 6 6 #3,329
1935 10 10 #2,475
1934 5 5 #3,852
1933 12 12 #2,182
1932 14 14 #2,071
1931 13 13 #2,183
1930 12 12 #2,394
1929 9 9 #2,894
1928 13 13 #2,355
1927 13 13 #2,379
1926 14 14 #2,272
1925 14 14 #2,281
1924 14 14 #2,314
1923 13 13 #2,410
1922 7 7 #3,657
1921 15 15 #2,236
1920 15 15 #2,212
1919 11 11 #2,612
1918 10 10 #2,814
1917 7 7 #3,336
1916 6 6 #3,657
1915 12 12 #2,277
1912 5 5 #2,753