girls:
3.8k births since 1969
#2788 (51st percentile)
boys:
7.1k births since 1912
#1399 (69th percentile)
overall:
10.9k births since 1912
#2519 (67th percentile)
The name Channing is the #2,519 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,935 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 67.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,399 (69.5% percentile) for all time with 7,102 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #2,788 (51.2% percentile) for all time with 3,833 births since 1969.
Channing first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Channing is available in 106 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 54 years for girls). 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 Channing has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 58.9% of babies named Channing were boys.
For boys, Channing reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 48.4% percentile (ranked #465) with 252 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 252 births per million (ranked 48.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Channing ranks #820 for boys (10.0% percentile) with 52 births per million, which is 20.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Channing reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 38.5% percentile (ranked #494) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 176 births per million (ranked 38.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Channing ranks #885 for girls (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 21.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Channing".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Channing. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Channing is pronounced as CHA-nihng, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is CHA-nihng, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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