Chapel Boy & girl
How popular is Chapel?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Chapel in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
Chapel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▲ 1441 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls, 33 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+143% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,004 in 2015, #8,948 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (34 girls) |
| Highest rank | #4,171 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 41% boys, 59% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chapel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chapel family of names ranked #2,669 for girls in 2025 (#3,702 the year before), with 40 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel | 34 | 85% |
| Chappell | 6 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chapel is most popular
Babies named Chapel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Chapel by decade
Girl names about as popular as Chapel
Questions
- Is Chapel a boy or girl name?
- Chapel is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 41% of babies named Chapel were boys and 59% were girls.
- How popular is the name Chapel?
- 34 baby girls were named Chapel in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name. Another 33 boys got the name (#3,449 for boys).
- When was Chapel most popular?
- Chapel peaked in 2025, when 34 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #4,171 in 2025.
- How many people are named Chapel?
- 451 babies have been named Chapel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 449 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Chapel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chapel was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.