girls:
868 births since 1958
#4848 (15th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1986
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
873 births since 1958
#6866 (11th percentile)
The name Channa is the #6,866 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 873 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,848 (15.2% percentile) for all time with 868 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1986.
Channa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Channa is available in 56 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Channa has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Channa reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #756) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Channa ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 16.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Channa reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #705) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Channa".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Channa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Channa is pronounced as CHA-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHUH-nuh, at 9.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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