Chanley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHAN-lee
- Origin
- Modern
Chanley is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Chanley come from?
Modern: modern invention in the style of Chaney and Channing with the -ley ending
Is Chanley a girl's or a boy's name?
Chanley is a girls' name.
How popular is Chanley in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Chanley in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chanley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Chanley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Braelynn Teagan Kinley Finley Kensley Kenley Wrenley Cassidy Brylee Rynlee Raelynn
Names related to Chanley
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chanley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chanley, updated 20 October 2026.