Girls' name · since 1973
Chanette
75 babies named Chanette in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
75 girls have been named Chanette since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Chanette recorded 75 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1988.
- #30,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 75 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chanette ranks #30,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chanette's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chanette's full recorded timeline at 1980, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1988
- Peak year (1983)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Chanette by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (39 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Chanette's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Chanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chanette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.