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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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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1987#378619—
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1984#495401—
1983#511379—
1982#554334—
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1978#632261—
1977#588293—
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1974#579274#5,2275
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1967#1,34866—
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1965#1,46357—
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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 1975

  • 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: #518 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,972 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: #852 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,710 girlsILWisconsin: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,576 girlsWIMichigan: #495 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,286 girlsMINew York: #803 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,272 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: #259 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,730 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedINOhio: #989 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,867 girlsOHPennsylvania: #862 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,842 girlsPANew Jersey: #585 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,498 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #577 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 4,195 girlsCAUtah: #283 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,543 girlsUTColorado: #381 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,854 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #512 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,511 girlsVAMaryland: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,536 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsAZNew 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: #189 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 852 girlsLAMississippi: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,592 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedGAHawaii: #198 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 645 girlsHITexas: #660 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,038 girlsTXFlorida: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#189 · 1 in 852
  2. Hawaii#198 · 1 in 645
  3. Iowa#259 · 1 in 1,730
  4. Utah#283 · 1 in 1,543
  5. Colorado#381 · 1 in 2,255

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#189301 in 852
Hawaii#19871 in 645
Iowa#259101 in 1,730
Utah#28381 in 1,543
Colorado#38171 in 2,255
Arizona#39871 in 2,166
Mississippi#43761 in 2,592
Maryland#46051 in 3,536
Wisconsin#46261 in 4,576
Michigan#495131 in 4,286
Florida#505121 in 3,445
Virginia#51261 in 4,511
Washington#51851 in 3,972
Missouri#54061 in 4,854
California#577331 in 4,195
New Jersey#58581 in 4,498
Texas#660191 in 5,038
New York#803141 in 7,272
Illinois#85281 in 8,710
Pennsylvania#86261 in 10,842
Ohio#98951 in 13,867
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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 1975

girls
#587
276 births · 1 in 5,282 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #587Chantel276
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 5,282 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 94.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #583Sheree284
  2. #585Maritza280
  3. #585Sondra280
  4. #587Chantel276
  5. #587Christal276
  6. #587Karina276
  7. #587Tamra276
  8. #591Corina274
  9. #592Deena273
  10. #593Nikia272

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

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →