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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |