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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #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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1979#647269—
1978#632261—
1977#588293—
1976#569291—
1975#587276—
1974#579274#5,2275
1973#616250—
1972#569289—
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1970#772185—
1969#861146—
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1967#1,34866—
1966#1,40361—
1965#1,46357—
1964#1,73145—
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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 2001

  • 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: #627 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,591 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: #1,061 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,820 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #843 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,240 girlsMINew York: #665 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,259 girlsNYMassachusetts: #801 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,291 girlsMARhode 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #671 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,090 girlsPANew Jersey: #972 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,900 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,220 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 10,103 girlsCAUtah: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,468 girlsUTColorado: #814 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,892 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #667 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,388 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #904 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,337 girlsAZNew Mexico: #173 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 618 girlsNMKansas: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,651 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,846 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #456 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedMSAlabama: #659 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,993 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chantel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,405 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 11,786 girlsTXFlorida: #882 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,949 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#173 · 1 in 618
  2. South Carolina#456 · 1 in 2,398
  3. Kansas#503 · 1 in 2,651
  4. Washington#627 · 1 in 3,591
  5. Utah#637 · 1 in 3,468

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#173131 in 618
South Carolina#45671 in 2,398
Kansas#50351 in 2,651
Washington#62781 in 3,591
Utah#63751 in 3,468
Alabama#65951 in 3,993
New York#665231 in 4,259
Virginia#66781 in 4,388
Pennsylvania#671111 in 5,090
Massachusetts#80151 in 6,291
Colorado#81451 in 4,892
Michigan#84381 in 6,240
Florida#882131 in 5,949
Arizona#90461 in 5,337
New Jersey#97261 in 6,900
Illinois#1,06191 in 7,820
North Carolina#1,17351 in 8,846
California#1,220221 in 10,103
Texas#1,405131 in 11,786
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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 2001

girls
#928
239 births · 1 in 7,534 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #928Chantel239
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 7,534 of them was named Chantel, which outranked 94.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chantel
  1. #925Chandler240
  2. #925Kalyn240
  3. #925Maranda240
  4. #928Chantel239
  5. #928Ashly239
  6. #928Deasia239
  7. #928Kenna239
  8. #933Chanel238
  9. #933Gabriel238
  10. #933Jaquelin238

Tied with 4 names at #928; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →