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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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 1972

  • 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: #408 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,741 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: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,438 girlsMNIllinois: #560 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,973 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #354 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,579 girlsMINew York: #510 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,959 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: #308 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,179 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedINOhio: #744 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,306 girlsOHPennsylvania: #763 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,301 girlsPANew Jersey: #693 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,789 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #679 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,711 girlsCAUtah: #228 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsUTColorado: #318 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,749 girlsCONebraska: #246 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsNEMissouri: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,234 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: #371 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,573 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: #369 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,464 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #329 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,768 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: #696 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,023 girlsTXFlorida: #522 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,044 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#228 · 1 in 1,053
  2. Nebraska#246 · 1 in 1,336
  3. Iowa#308 · 1 in 2,179
  4. Colorado#318 · 1 in 1,749
  5. Louisiana#329 · 1 in 1,768

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#228101 in 1,053
Nebraska#24671 in 1,336
Iowa#30881 in 2,179
Colorado#31891 in 1,749
Louisiana#329151 in 1,768
Missouri#344141 in 2,234
Michigan#354241 in 2,579
Kansas#36951 in 2,464
Maryland#37181 in 2,573
Minnesota#38971 in 3,438
Washington#40871 in 2,741
New York#510281 in 3,959
Florida#522111 in 4,044
Illinois#560151 in 4,973
California#679241 in 5,711
New Jersey#69361 in 6,789
Texas#696161 in 6,023
Ohio#74481 in 9,306
Pennsylvania#76371 in 10,301
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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 1972

girls
#569
289 births · 1 in 5,264 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #569Chantel289
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 5,264 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 94.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #566Deann292
  2. #567Charmaine291
  3. #568Felecia290
  4. #569Chantel289
  5. #569Bernice289
  6. #569Carole289
  7. #569Tawnya289
  8. #573Bertha288
  9. #573Robert288
  10. #573Susana288

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

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →