girls:
729 births since 1964
#4987 (13th percentile)
boys:
412 births since 1969
#4174 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1964
#6598 (15th percentile)
The name Channon is the #6,598 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,141 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,987 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 729 births since 1964. For boys, it ranks #4,174 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 412 births since 1969.
Channon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Channon is available in 56 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 43 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 Channon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Channon were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (70.8% girls from 1964 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.6% boys from 2002 to 2023).
For girls, Channon reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #734) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Channon reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #655) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Channon ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 64.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Channon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Channon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.4% confident that Channon is pronounced as CHA-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHA-nuhn, at 36.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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