Girls' name · since 1965
Chantale
320 babies named Chantale in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 320
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
320 girls have been named Chantale since 1965, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chantale has 320 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1998.
- #15,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 320 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantale ranks #15,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 320 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 320
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantale's 320 recorded births place it above 78.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Chantale's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Chantale's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Chantale popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1998
- Peak year (1988)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Chantale by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (136 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Chantale's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Chantale births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
98 births
- 1980s
1980s
136 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 136 births (43% of all-time use).
Chantale by state
Where Chantale concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
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What to do with Chantale's data
- Chantale's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 1990s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chantales (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chantale: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1965–1998 (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 Chantale 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.