Channon
Channon both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Channon Roe, American actor Henry Channon (1897–1958), politician and diarist Jim Channon (1939–2017), US army officer Mick Channon, footballer Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), politician
Meaning & Origin of Channon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Channon both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Channon Roe, American actor Henry Channon (1897–1958), politician and diarist Jim Channon (1939–2017), US army officer Mick Channon, footballer Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), politician
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The Story of Channon
As a girl name
American parents first put Channon on the record books as a girl name in 1964, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 40 Channons were born — ranking #2,065 that year. About 36% of every Channon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Channon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 729 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Channon on the record books as a boy name in 1969, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 17 Channons were born — ranking #2,278 that year. About 31% of every Channon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Channon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 412 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Channon
Channon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 729 births in the dataset. Channon's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #2,065. Use the chart and map above to compare Channon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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