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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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—
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1985#441494—
1984#495401—
1983#511379—
1982#554334—
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1978#632261—
1977#588293—
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1975#587276—
1974#579274#5,2275
1973#616250—
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1967#1,34866—
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1965#1,46357—
1964#1,73145—
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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 1983

  • 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: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,098 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: #526 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,593 girlsMNIllinois: #534 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,281 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #483 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,249 girlsMINew York: #356 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 2,392 girlsNYMassachusetts: #607 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,568 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedRIOregon: #450 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,194 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: #371 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,064 girlsIAIndiana: #574 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,634 girlsINOhio: #593 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,260 girlsOHPennsylvania: #710 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,494 girlsPANew Jersey: #395 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,942 girlsNJConnecticut: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,634 girlsCTCalifornia: #614 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 4,693 girlsCAUtah: #221 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,186 girlsUTColorado: #320 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,983 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: #618 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,384 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #632 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,156 girlsVAMaryland: #296 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,048 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #355 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,038 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNMKansas: #425 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,108 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #706 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,674 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #490 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,637 girlsOKLouisiana: #280 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,619 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: #132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 538 girlsHITexas: #747 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,752 girlsTXFlorida: #333 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,264 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#132 · 1 in 538
  2. Utah#221 · 1 in 1,186
  3. Louisiana#280 · 1 in 1,619
  4. Maryland#296 · 1 in 2,048
  5. Colorado#320 · 1 in 1,983

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#132101 in 538
Utah#221131 in 1,186
Louisiana#280191 in 1,619
Maryland#296111 in 2,048
Colorado#320111 in 1,983
Washington#331131 in 2,098
Florida#333261 in 2,264
Connecticut#35361 in 2,634
Arizona#355101 in 2,038
New York#356431 in 2,392
Iowa#37161 in 3,064
New Jersey#395131 in 2,942
Kansas#42551 in 3,108
Oregon#45051 in 3,194
Michigan#483131 in 4,249
Oklahoma#49061 in 3,637
Minnesota#52651 in 5,593
Illinois#534171 in 4,281
Indiana#57461 in 5,634
Ohio#593111 in 6,260
Massachusetts#60751 in 6,568
California#614401 in 4,693
Missouri#61851 in 6,384
Virginia#63251 in 6,156
North Carolina#70651 in 6,674
Pennsylvania#71081 in 8,494
Texas#747191 in 6,752
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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 1983

girls
#511
379 births · 1 in 4,408 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #511Chantel379
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 4,408 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 95.8% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #508Anastasia382
  2. #509Ariana380
  3. #509Natalia380
  4. #511Chantel379
  5. #512Nadia375
  6. #513Lee373
  7. #514Cathy371
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →