Chante
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #4,495
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 323 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,962since 1961
Chante over time
Rank among girls' names. Chante has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,304 | 69 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,580 | 106 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,816 | 82 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,446 | 113 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,229 | 139 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,083 | 166 | — | |
| 1993 | #675 | 323 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,225 | 142 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,263 | 133 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,318 | 123 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,339 | 115 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,173 | 130 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,162 | 126 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,110 | 133 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,138 | 126 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,272 | 99 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,137 | 117 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,160 | 120 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,285 | 99 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,189 | 112 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,085 | 126 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,104 | 118 | — | |
| 1977 | #971 | 142 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,432 | 68 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,640 | 56 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chante! It came in at #3,608, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chante is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#233 · 1 in 926
- Maryland#398 · 1 in 2,782
- Ohio#562 · 1 in 5,545
- Virginia#566 · 1 in 4,864
- Massachusetts#586 · 1 in 6,130
Best ever in a state: #169 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #233 | 6 | 1 in 926 |
| Maryland | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,782 |
| Ohio | #562 | 13 | 1 in 5,545 |
| Virginia | #566 | 6 | 1 in 4,864 |
| Massachusetts | #586 | 5 | 1 in 6,130 |
| New Jersey | #729 | 6 | 1 in 6,199 |
| Georgia | #776 | 5 | 1 in 6,723 |
| New York | #914 | 12 | 1 in 8,244 |
| Texas | #965 | 12 | 1 in 9,259 |
| California | #1,262 | 12 | 1 in 13,611 |
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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 Chante
- Biggest jump: 550 spots in 1993 (#1,225 → #675)
- Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1994 (#675 → #1,083)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1993 at #675 (323 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1977–1993
- Highest: 1 in 5,601 girls born in 1993 were named Chante (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.2% of all girls named Chante (1,393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193 | #1,897 (1969) | #3,072 |
| 1970s | 787 | #971 (1977) | #1,470 |
| 1980s | 1,177 | #1,110 (1986) | #1,197 |
| 1990s | 1,393 | #675 (1993) | #1,380 |
| 2000s | 349 | #2,304 (2001) | #5,078 |
| 2010s | 51 | #7,602 (2016) | #12,160 |
| 2020s | 12 | #13,208 (2025) | #13,400 |
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.
Chante in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 12,740 of them was named Chante, which outranked 90.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,080Justin127
- #1,080Khalilah127
- #1,080Marquita127
- #1,085Chante126
- #1,085Celena126
- #1,085Crista126
- #1,085Danyelle126
- #1,095Karri125
- #1,095Mistie125
- #1,097Aida124
Tied with 9 names at #1,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 215,192 of them was named Chante, which outranked 37.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).