Channel
Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1991
85 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,524
since 1967
Born a Channel? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Channel was most popular in 1991, when 85 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.05 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Channel in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 42%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 7 | 12161 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 12 | 8776 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 12876 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 6451 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 11000 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 11 | 9711 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 8614 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 11 | 9790 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 16 | 7679 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 22 | 6093 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 22 | 5906 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 5999 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 11 | 9264 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | 9048 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 19 | 5897 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 23 | 5009 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 5937 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 22 | 4870 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 22 | 4796 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 30 | 3716 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 3723 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 26 | 3969 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 40 | 2935 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 57 | 2267 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 64 | 2105 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 85 | 1710 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 84 | 1733 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 68 | 1910 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 79 | 1636 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 64 | 1812 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 47 | 2195 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 50 | 2100 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 47 | 2111 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 42 | 2272 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 39 | 2451 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 43 | 2305 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 34 | 2699 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 38 | 2430 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 38 | 2350 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | 2606 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 35 | 2334 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 17 | 3774 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 19 | 3342 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 14 | 4091 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 16 | 3789 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | 5456 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6804 | <5 | — |
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