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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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
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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
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1984#495401—
1983#511379—
1982#554334—
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1978#632261—
1977#588293—
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1975#587276—
1974#579274#5,2275
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1967#1,34866—
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1965#1,46357—
1964#1,73145—
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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 1980

  • 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: #438 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,982 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #1,156 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,882 girlsILWisconsin: #489 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,249 girlsWIMichigan: #541 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,023 girlsMINew York: #426 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,853 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: #547 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,285 girlsINOhio: #669 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,331 girlsOHPennsylvania: #652 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,896 girlsPANew Jersey: #719 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,200 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #671 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 5,109 girlsCAUtah: #203 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 968 girlsUTColorado: #431 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,814 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,038 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #324 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,753 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNMKansas: #289 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsKSArkansas: 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: #532 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsOKLouisiana: #263 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,462 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMSAlabama: #597 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,599 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedGAHawaii: #244 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 839 girlsHITexas: #855 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,992 girlsTXFlorida: #538 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,970 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#203 · 1 in 968
  2. Hawaii#244 · 1 in 839
  3. Louisiana#263 · 1 in 1,462
  4. Kansas#289 · 1 in 1,680
  5. Arizona#324 · 1 in 1,753

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#203171 in 968
Hawaii#24461 in 839
Louisiana#263211 in 1,462
Kansas#28991 in 1,680
Arizona#324111 in 1,753
New York#426351 in 2,853
Colorado#43171 in 2,814
Washington#43891 in 2,982
Wisconsin#48961 in 5,249
Maryland#50851 in 4,038
Oklahoma#53251 in 3,860
Florida#538131 in 3,970
Michigan#541121 in 5,023
Indiana#54771 in 5,285
Alabama#59751 in 4,599
Pennsylvania#652101 in 6,896
Ohio#669101 in 7,331
California#671341 in 5,109
New Jersey#71961 in 6,200
Texas#855151 in 7,992
Illinois#1,15661 in 12,882
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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 1980

girls
#609
301 births · 1 in 5,516 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #609Chantel301
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 5,516 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 95.0% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #605Kyla303
  2. #605Rena303
  3. #605Shanda303
  4. #609Chantel301
  5. #609Dora301
  6. #609Marlena301
  7. #609Tori301
  8. #613Brenna300
  9. #614Natalia299
  10. #614Sharonda299

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

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →