Chapel
Unisex · CHAP-ul · English
Unisex
Chapel is a name of English origin, meaning “small church”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Chapel mean?
English: English word and surname
“small church”
From Latin cappella 'little cloak', after the shrine that housed Saint Martin's cloak.
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Is Chapel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Chapel has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls and 33 boys in the US.
How popular is Chapel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 339% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Chapel, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2001. 34 girls were also named Chapel in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Chapel of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Chapel in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51% of the babies named Chapel in the US were girls.
Chapel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
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