Girls' name · since 1947
Chantal
Chantal has 8,469 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,152 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,469
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
8,469 babies have been named Chantal since 1947, making it today's #6152 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantal has been recorded 8,469 times among girls since 1947, currently ranked #6152 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #1,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,152 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,469 born since 1947
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantal ranks #1,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,152 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,469 born since 1947, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,152 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,469
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chantal's 8,469 recorded births place it above 97.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Chantal compares
8,469 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Chantal's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chantal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,469 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 428 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chantal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chantal splits its recorded history at 1987: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1949 (8 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 428 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chantal popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 428
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Chantal popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1989 (Chantal as boys' name)
Chantal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,739 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Chantal's strongest decade.
2,739 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Chantal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
- 1950s 140
1950s
140 births
- 1960s 609
1960s
609 births
- 1970s 937
1970s
937 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,183 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,739 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,283 births
- 2010s 420
2010s
420 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,739 births (32% of all-time use).
How Chantal compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Chantal's total volume
Chantal by state
Where Chantal concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,636 | 19.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 880 | 10.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 685 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 481 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 246 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 217 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 215 | 2.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 158 | 1.9% |
1,636 of 8,469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Chantal appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chantal's data
- Chantal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,739 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chantals (1,636 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chantal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Chantal 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.