Chanel dog name

We found 515 dogs named Chanel in the public pet registers of 21 places. Combining all places, Chanel is the #236 dog name. Almost all dogs named Chanel are female.

🐱 Chanel is also a cat name (#340 for cats, 980 cats).

Chanel as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #676 of 51,228 94 2.3 2003–2026
New York City United States #161 of 34,500 293 8.8 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #280 of 10,500 28 5.6 2019
Seattle United States #1,190 of 8,191 3 1.2 2026
Playford Australia #286 of 4,586 9 5.4 2015
Cambridge United States #503 of 4,375 4 3.1 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #322 of 4,602 6 4.9 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #65 of 5,788 13 13 2025
Noosa Australia #1,022 of 3,045 1 1.0 2017
Laval Canada #29 of 2,965 32 38 2017–2026
Worcester United States #295 of 2,906 4 5.5 2026
Basel Switzerland #52 of 3,446 10 16 2026
Victoria Canada #458 of 2,588 2 3.3 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #677 of 1,974 1 1.8 2016
Burnside Australia #269 of 1,888 3 5.8 2015
Richmond United States #310 of 2,347 2 4.7 2018
Corangamite Shire Australia #374 of 1,161 1 3.8 2023
Port Moody Canada #352 of 1,280 1 4.2 2019
Miranda Colombia #55 of 758 5 28 2024
Villavicencio Colombia #214 of 717 1 5.9 2026
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Chanel. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

98% female

460 female and 9 male dogs named Chanel, in the places that record sex.

Chanel over the years

New York City – rising
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County
2007
2010
2015
2020
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Dogs named Chanel per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Chanel

Compared to all dogs, Chanel is especially common among French Bulldogs (4.4×), Malteses (4.4×), Maltipoos (4.2×), Pomeranians (3.9×) and Yorkshire Terriers (3.7×).

Based on 415 dogs named Chanel with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Chanel

Chanel – U.S. dachshund that held the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest dog (1988)

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Chanel as a baby name

Chanel was the #1309 girls' name in the US in 2025 (170 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #193 for girls in Italy and #932 for girls in Canada (Ontario). See Chanel as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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