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Chanel

“Channel or waterway” — French, from Old French chanel/chenel, from Latin canalis origin

Girl's name · #1311 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Chanel holds its lane: charted since 1955 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1311 in 2025). About 19,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 9,200 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 16,000 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Chanels

• Chanel Terrero — Spanish-Cuban singer and actress
• Chanel Iman — American model (born 1990)
• Chanel West Coast — American television personality, rapper and singer
• Chanel Cresswell — British actress
• Chanel Simmonds — South African female tennis player

In stories & tradition

• Chanel Oberlin — Scream Queens
• Chanel Press Attache — Clouds of Sils Maria
• Chanel — Eight Women

What Chanels become

Among 83 notable people named Chanel:

Entertainers appear 2.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Chanel Terrero, Spanish-Cuban singer and actress.

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