Chantel

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1990 · 740 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,986
since 1957

Chantel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chantel has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #360, 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#7,49114
2024#6,93216
2023#5,96020
2022#5,17225
2021#5,74821
2020#4,35831
2019#4,54630
2018#4,76828
2017#4,92227
2016#3,70741
2015#5,45824
2014#4,76829
2013#3,91838
2012#3,64443
2011#2,79662
2010#3,15952
2009#2,82662
2008#2,58472
2007#2,32882
2006#1,809113
2005#1,803108
2004#1,459139
2003#1,313157
2002#1,144181
2001#928239
2000#885249
1999#768289
1998#680336
1997#558419
1996#507473
1995#489503
1994#478521
1993#425590
1992#405629
1991#382675
1990#360740
1989#372683#6,9416
1988#404596
1987#378619
1986#453476
1985#441494
1984#495401
1983#511379
1982#554334
1981#584316
1980#609301
1979#647269
1978#632261
1977#588293
1976#569291
1975#587276
1974#579274#5,2275
1973#616250
1972#569289
1971#603284
1970#772185
1969#861146
1968#741178
1967#1,34866
1966#1,40361
1965#1,46357
1964#1,73145
1963#1,48956
1962#3,78212
1961#6,5675
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five girls were named Chantel! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Chantel is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #809 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,749 girlsILWisconsin: #513 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,736 girlsWIMichigan: #625 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,408 girlsMINew York: #851 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,100 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedIAIndiana: #523 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,384 girlsINOhio: #1,035 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,832 girlsOHPennsylvania: #665 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,594 girlsPANew Jersey: #615 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,279 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #914 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,252 girlsCAUtah: #352 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,102 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #619 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,092 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedVAMaryland: #468 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,203 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #289 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,000 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,575 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#289 · 1 in 1,448
  2. Utah#352 · 1 in 2,102
  3. Maryland#468 · 1 in 4,203
  4. Wisconsin#513 · 1 in 6,736
  5. Indiana#523 · 1 in 5,384

Best ever in a state: #46 in Hawaii, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#289211 in 1,448
Utah#35251 in 2,102
Maryland#46861 in 4,203
Wisconsin#51351 in 6,736
Indiana#52381 in 5,384
New Jersey#61581 in 6,279
Missouri#61951 in 7,092
Michigan#625101 in 7,408
Pennsylvania#665101 in 8,594
Illinois#80991 in 9,749
New York#851141 in 10,100
California#914161 in 10,252
Texas#1,00091 in 11,575
Ohio#1,03551 in 17,832
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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 Chantel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 559 spots since 2024 (#6,932#7,491)
  • 3,133 spots since 2020 (#4,358#7,491)
  • 2,033 spots since 2015 (#5,458#7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 607 spots in 1968 (#1,348#741)
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 2002 (#928#1,144)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 1990 at #360 (740 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1968–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,566
  • Highest: 1 in 2,566 girls born in 1990 were named Chantel (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 34.5% of all girls named Chantel (5,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s11#5,566 (1959)#5,826
1960s626#741 (1968)#2,154
1970s2,672#569 (1976)#616
1980s4,599#372 (1989)#480
1990s5,175#360 (1990)#505
2000s1,402#885 (2000)#1,708
2010s374#2,796 (2011)#4,169
2020s127#4,358 (2020)#5,944

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.

Chantel in 1970

girls
#772
185 births · 1 in 9,449 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #772Chantel185
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 9,449 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 91.7% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #769Marguerite187
  2. #770Rosanna186
  3. #770Tressa186
  4. #772Chantel185
  5. #772Tori185
  6. #774Johnnie184
  7. #775Charisse183
  8. #775Geri183

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

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970