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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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
1955
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 2006

  • 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: #1,340 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,735 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMINew York: #1,944 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,088 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedORNevada: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsNVWyoming: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,051 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 7,573 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedUTColorado: #901 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,065 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNMKansas: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chantal, so not publishedHITexas: #1,707 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,848 girlsTXFlorida: #1,174 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#562 · 1 in 2,502
  2. Colorado#901 · 1 in 5,065
  3. California#1,051 · 1 in 7,573
  4. Florida#1,174 · 1 in 8,102
  5. Illinois#1,340 · 1 in 9,735

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#56251 in 2,502
Colorado#90151 in 5,065
California#1,051311 in 7,573
Florida#1,174111 in 8,102
Illinois#1,34071 in 9,735
Texas#1,707121 in 13,848
New York#1,94461 in 16,088
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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 2006

girls
#1,865
109 births · 1 in 17,442 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,865Chantal109
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 17,442 of them was named Chantal, which outranked 90.7% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantal
  1. #1,846Tyanna110
  2. #1,846Xitlaly110
  3. #1,846Zakiya110
  4. #1,865Chantal109
  5. #1,865Annalee109
  6. #1,865Annemarie109
  7. #1,865Anyah109
  8. #1,878Amaiya108
  9. #1,878Catelyn108
  10. #1,878Cayden108

Tied with 12 names at #1,865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006