Girls' name · since 1957
Chantel
Chantel has 14,986 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,572 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,986
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Chantel is the #7572 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 14,986 recorded since 1957.
Chantel has 14,986 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7572 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #1,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,572 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,986 born since 1957
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantel ranks #1,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,572 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,986 born since 1957, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,572 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,986
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
Chantel's 14,986 recorded births place it above 98.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Chantel compares
14,986 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Chantel's all-time total is 40x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chantel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,986 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 740 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chantel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chantel's full recorded timeline at 1992, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 740 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chantel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 740
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Chantel popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1974 (Chantel as boys' name)
Chantel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,175 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Chantel's strongest decade.
5,175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Chantel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 626
1960s
626 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,672 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,599 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,175 births
- 2000s 1,402
2000s
1,402 births
- 2010s 374
2010s
374 births
- 2020s 127
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,175 births (35% of all-time use).
How Chantel 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 Chantel's total volume
Chantel by state
Where Chantel concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,739 | 11.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,401 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 745 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 681 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 637 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 500 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 478 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 443 | 3.0% |
1,739 of 14,986 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Chantel appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chantel's data
- Chantel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,175 total births); usage has since declined to 127 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chantels (1,739 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 Chantel: 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 (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Chantel 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.