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Channing

Boy's name · #1772 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

60% boys · 40% girls — Channing is also given to girls: 51 in 2025, about 40% in recent years. Channing →

Popularity over time

Channing reached #515 in 2012 and has eased to #1772 since. About 7,300 boys have carried it since 1912.

Across the states

In recent years, Channing ran 4–6× its national rate in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Channings

• Channing Tatum — American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
• Channing Frye — American basketball player (born 1983)
• Channing Pollock — American actor and magician (1926–2006)
• Channing H. Cox — American politician (1879–1968)
• Channing Stacks Lorenzo — American professional wrestler

What Channings become

Among 40 notable people named Channing:

Sports figures appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Channing Frye, American basketball player (born 1983).

Similar names: Jaxen · Canyon · Jagger · Carsen · Cason · Case

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