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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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
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1983#511379—
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1977#588293—
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1974#579274#5,2275
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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 1968

  • 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: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,945 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMINew York: #673 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,171 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedRIOregon: #383 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,621 girlsORNevada: 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: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,020 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedINOhio: #710 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,326 girlsOHPennsylvania: #825 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,036 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #821 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,047 girlsCAUtah: #325 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,806 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,577 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: #404 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,160 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: #324 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,894 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: #778 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,827 girlsTXFlorida: #782 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,449 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#324 · 1 in 1,894
  2. Utah#325 · 1 in 1,806
  3. Oregon#383 · 1 in 2,621
  4. Maryland#404 · 1 in 3,160
  5. Iowa#406 · 1 in 4,020

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#324161 in 1,894
Utah#32551 in 1,806
Oregon#38351 in 2,621
Maryland#40481 in 3,160
Iowa#40651 in 4,020
Missouri#59251 in 6,577
New York#673191 in 7,171
Ohio#71081 in 10,326
Texas#778121 in 7,827
Florida#78251 in 8,449
California#821171 in 9,047
Pennsylvania#82561 in 14,036
Illinois#95661 in 13,945
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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 1968

girls
#741
178 births · 1 in 9,216 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #741Chantel178
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,216 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 91.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #738Dedra179
  2. #738Stacia179
  3. #738Tisha179
  4. #741Chantel178
  5. #741Hillary178
  6. #743Athena177
  7. #743Ava177
  8. #743Machelle177

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

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →