Meaning and history
From an English surname of uncertain origin, Channing is a name whose etymology remains unclear.
20062006: 57 births, rank #2,221
2007: 110 births, rank #1,457
2008: 129 births, rank #1,334
2009: 165 births, rank #1,118
2010: 373 births, rank #645
20112011: 352 births, rank #671
2012: 512 births, rank #515
2013: 471 births, rank #557
2014: 361 births, rank #692
2015: 300 births, rank #781
20162016: 273 births, rank #832
2017: 232 births, rank #917
2018: 196 births, rank #1,036
2019: 164 births, rank #1,177
2020: 131 births, rank #1,353
20212021: 113 births, rank #1,546
2022: 113 births, rank #1,566
2023: 96 births, rank #1,727
2024: 98 births, rank #1,701
20252025: 91 births, rank #1,771
Channing moved from #832 to #917 for boys between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 2012, with 512 births.