Chantal

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1990 · 428 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,469
since 1947

Chantal over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chantal has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #553, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619—
2024#6,64217—
2023#5,96020—
2022#7,28115—
2021#4,41331—
2020#5,85020—
2019#5,98620—
2018#5,45423—
2017#5,33824—
2016#4,85028—
2015#3,38947—
2014#3,13752—
2013#3,12352—
2012#3,31449—
2011#2,69565—
2010#2,87060—
2009#2,33883—
2008#1,927109—
2007#2,07198—
2006#1,865109—
2005#1,417151—
2004#1,586124—
2003#1,454135—
2002#1,179174—
2001#1,277154—
2000#1,305146—
1999#921229—
1998#1,105174—
1997#911220—
1996#824244—
1995#728281—
1994#860228—
1993#764269—
1992#718297—
1991#611369—
1990#553428—
1989#582376#6,2297
1988#662292—
1987#580342—
1986#706254—
1985#776218—
1984#1,018140—
1983#1,019138—
1982#859179—
1981#1,036138—
1980#1,238106—
1979#1,48280—
1978#1,221102—
1977#1,26894—
1976#1,139103—
1975#1,27887—
1974#1,48666—
1973#1,31277—
1972#1,18191—
1971#935138—
1970#1,16899—
1969#1,007115—
1968#951118—
1967#1,44159—
1966#1,43059—
1965#1,50055—
1964#1,39365—
1963#1,64948—
1962#1,94735—
1961#2,03633—
1960#2,57322—
1959#2,15228—
1958#2,26025—
1957#2,65119—
1956#2,82617—
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1954#4,2788—
1953#3,26912—
1952#3,7969—
1951#3,28411—
1950#3,23511—
1949#3,8928—
1948#2,25519—
1947#3,7069—
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Chantal! It came in at #3,706, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Chantal is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMNIllinois: #724 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,582 girlsILWisconsin: #659 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,198 girlsWIMichigan: #951 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,772 girlsMINew York: #550 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,708 girlsNYMassachusetts: #519 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,125 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedINOhio: #1,135 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,695 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,149 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,471 girlsPANew Jersey: #629 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,757 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #587 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 3,976 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedUTColorado: #642 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,054 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedDEArizona: #731 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,548 girlsAZNew Mexico: #264 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,069 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #627 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,783 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedALGeorgia: #763 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,847 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedHITexas: #879 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 6,823 girlsTXFlorida: #382 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,429 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#264 · 1 in 1,069
  2. Florida#382 · 1 in 2,429
  3. Massachusetts#519 · 1 in 4,125
  4. New York#550 · 1 in 3,708
  5. California#587 · 1 in 3,976

Best ever in a state: #166 in New Hampshire, 1987.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#26481 in 1,069
Florida#382301 in 2,429
Massachusetts#51981 in 4,125
New York#550291 in 3,708
California#587591 in 3,976
North Carolina#62781 in 4,783
New Jersey#62991 in 4,757
Colorado#64251 in 4,054
Wisconsin#65951 in 5,198
Illinois#724131 in 5,582
Arizona#73161 in 4,548
Georgia#76371 in 5,847
Texas#879201 in 6,823
Michigan#95161 in 8,772
Ohio#1,13551 in 12,695
Pennsylvania#1,14951 in 12,471
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Chantal
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 526 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #6,116)
  • 266 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #6,116)
  • 2,727 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1968 (#1,441 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 384 spots in 2000 (#921 → #1,305)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1990 at #553 (428 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1985–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,436
  • Highest: 1 in 4,436 girls born in 1990 were named Chantal (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Chantal (2,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s36#2,255 (1948)#3,284
1950s140#2,152 (1959)#3,083
1960s609#951 (1968)#1,593
1970s937#935 (1971)#1,247
1980s2,183#580 (1987)#848
1990s2,739#553 (1990)#800
2000s1,283#1,179 (2002)#1,642
2010s420#2,695 (2011)#4,016
2020s122#4,413 (2021)#6,044

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chantal in 1995

girls
#728
281 births · 1 in 6,258 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #728Chantal281
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 6,258 of them was named Chantal, which outranked 95.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantal
  1. #725Breann282
  2. #725Gladys282
  3. #725Lucero282
  4. #728Chantal281
  5. #728Shanna281
  6. #730Drew280
  7. #730Kirstin280
  8. #730Shelbie280

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →