Chantel — #6957 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Chantel

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,970 babies named Chantel between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chantel currently holds the #6957 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 740 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chantel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Chantel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,739 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Chantel in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chantel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 14,970 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.