Channing
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Channing
While the most famous Channing is the very male Channing Tatum, the name is now given about a third of the time for girls. Television executive Channing Dungey is a well-know example of a female Channing. It makes an attractive surname-name for either gender.
Channing for boys#1772 US
Channing is a sophisticated surname name whose use is probably linked to actor Channing Tatum and Channing Crowder, former linebacker for the Miami Dolphins.
Pronounced CHAN-ning.
As of October 2026, Channing ranked #3136 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #591 in 1987.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,694 | 124 | #692 | 361 |
| 2015 | #1,758 | 119 | #781 | 300 |
| 2016 | #2,035 | 97 | #831 | 273 |
| 2017 | #2,227 | 85 | #917 | 232 |
| 2018 | #2,364 | 77 | #1,037 | 196 |
| 2019 | #1,975 | 98 | #1,178 | 164 |
| 2020 | #1,886 | 102 | #1,354 | 131 |
| 2021 | #2,367 | 76 | #1,546 | 113 |
| 2022 | #2,144 | 89 | #1,563 | 113 |
| 2023 | #2,622 | 67 | #1,727 | 96 |
| 2024 | #2,849 | 58 | #1,696 | 98 |
| 2025 | #3,136 | 51 | #1,772 | 91 |
World rankings
Channing for boys
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Channing on lists
Famous Channings
- Carol ChanningGirl
American actress and singer
- Stockard ChanningGirl
American actress and singer
- Channing Matthew TatumBoy
American actor
- Channing Thomas FryeBoy
American basketball player
- Channing Harris CoxBoy
American politician; 49th Governor of Massachusetts
- (Randolph) Channing CrowderBoy
American NFL player
- Channing Moore WilliamsBoy
American bishop and missionary in China and Japan
- Channing HansenBoy
American artist; brother of singer Beck Hansen
- Channing PollockBoy
American magician and actor
- Channing "Chan" Carson LowBoy
American cartoonist; son of actress Carol Channing
- Channing ToneyBoy
American basketball player; son of basketball player Andrew Toney
Channing in pop culture
- Caroline ChanningGirl
character on TV's 2 Broke Girls
- Channing Creighton "C.C." CapwellBoy
character on American soap "Santa Barbara"
- ChanningBoy
TX, town in the Texas panhandle