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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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—
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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 1999

  • 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: #442 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,247 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: #581 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,163 girlsMNIllinois: #999 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,759 girlsILWisconsin: #699 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,047 girlsWIMichigan: #513 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,420 girlsMINew York: #491 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,025 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: #455 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsIAIndiana: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,152 girlsINOhio: #592 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsOHPennsylvania: #575 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,138 girlsPANew Jersey: #890 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,922 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #940 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 7,066 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCONebraska: 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: #896 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,871 girlsVAMaryland: #631 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,990 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #754 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,350 girlsAZNew Mexico: #316 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedARTennessee: #631 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,375 girlsTNNorth 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #921 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,533 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,980 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 21,032 girlsTXFlorida: #745 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,337 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#316 · 1 in 1,351
  2. Washington#442 · 1 in 2,247
  3. Iowa#455 · 1 in 2,750
  4. New York#491 · 1 in 3,025
  5. Michigan#513 · 1 in 3,420

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#31661 in 1,351
Washington#442131 in 2,247
Iowa#45551 in 2,750
New York#491331 in 3,025
Michigan#513151 in 3,420
Pennsylvania#575141 in 4,138
Minnesota#58161 in 4,163
Ohio#592141 in 4,396
Indiana#61281 in 4,152
Maryland#63161 in 3,990
Tennessee#63171 in 4,375
Wisconsin#69951 in 5,047
Florida#745141 in 5,337
Arizona#75471 in 4,350
New Jersey#89061 in 6,922
Virginia#89651 in 6,871
Georgia#92171 in 6,533
California#940311 in 7,066
Illinois#99991 in 7,759
Texas#1,98071 in 21,032
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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 1999

girls
#768
289 births · 1 in 6,138 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #768Chantel289
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 6,138 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 95.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #764Christiana290
  2. #764Karley290
  3. #764Nataly290
  4. #768Chantel289
  5. #768Shaina289
  6. #770Kaylynn288
  7. #771Annette287
  8. #772Kacey286

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

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →