Channing

Boy · CHAN-ing · English

Channing is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the US (91 babies).

Where does Channing come from?

English: English surname

Say it: CHAN-ing

Is Channing a girl's or a boy's name?

Channing is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 girls and 91 boys in the US.

How popular is Channing in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Channing in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

2009Busiest: 11 in 20152018

Channing in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2018	5	#3,596
2017	5	#3,608
2016	1	#6,416
2015	11	#2,127
2014	9	#2,378
2013	9	#2,334
2012	8	#2,595
2011	7	#2,736
2010	4	#4,026
2009	3	#4,691

How popular is Channing in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,771among boys
Babies in 2025: 91about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 91 boys in the US were named Channing, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,353rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 512 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 51 girls were also named Channing in 2025 (3,130th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Channing than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Channing in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 18% of the babies named Channing in the US in 1969, and 36% in 2025.

1912Busiest: 512 in 20122025

Channing in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	91	#1,771
2024	98	#1,701
2023	96	#1,727
2022	113	#1,566
2021	113	#1,546
2020	131	#1,353
2019	164	#1,177
2018	196	#1,036
2017	232	#917
2016	273	#832
2015	300	#781
2014	361	#692
2013	471	#557
2012	512	#515
2011	352	#671
2010	373	#645
2009	165	#1,118
2008	129	#1,334
2007	110	#1,457
2006	57	#2,220
2005	57	#2,125
2004	40	#2,639
2003	46	#2,308
2002	49	#2,151
2001	65	#1,739
2000	49	#2,045
1999	48	#1,992
1998	60	#1,697
1997	53	#1,787
1996	55	#1,702
1995	48	#1,796
1994	84	#1,271
1993	86	#1,211
1992	142	#884
1991	119	#975
1990	119	#945
1989	111	#964
1988	104	#942
1987	112	#883
1986	110	#867
1985	124	#798
1984	64	#1,133
1983	30	#1,821
1982	36	#1,653
1981	23	#2,203
1980	38	#1,569
1979	40	#1,487
1978	36	#1,570
1977	32	#1,670
1976	36	#1,501
1975	39	#1,407
1974	46	#1,229
1973	38	#1,354
1972	48	#1,177
1971	54	#1,109
1970	46	#1,222
1969	46	#1,152
1968	33	#1,339
1967	29	#1,410
1966	26	#1,509
1965	12	#2,364
1964	30	#1,434
1963	16	#2,043
1962	16	#2,034
1961	18	#1,947
1960	9	#2,869
1959	11	#2,529
1958	11	#2,504
1957	8	#3,022
1956	14	#2,167
1955	8	#2,962
1954	9	#2,742
1953	14	#2,098
1952	13	#2,152
1951	7	#3,064
1950	9	#2,579
1949	0	–
1948	9	#2,607
1947	11	#2,355
1946	14	#1,948
1945	8	#2,573
1944	0	–
1943	13	#2,073
1942	8	#2,711
1941	8	#2,655
1940	5	#3,458
1939	0	–
1938	7	#2,868
1937	0	–
1936	6	#3,146
1935	10	#2,396
1934	5	#3,677
1933	12	#2,093
1932	14	#1,995
1931	13	#2,101
1930	12	#2,292
1929	9	#2,764
1928	13	#2,270
1927	13	#2,298
1926	14	#2,186
1925	14	#2,192
1924	14	#2,229
1923	13	#2,330
1922	7	#3,530
1921	15	#2,151
1920	15	#2,130
1919	11	#2,510
1918	10	#2,698
1917	7	#3,216
1916	6	#3,515
1915	12	#2,183
1914	0	–
1913	0	–
1912	5	#2,543

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