Girls' name · since 1963
Chantele
419 babies named Chantele in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantele sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 419 recorded since 1963.
Chantele has 419 recorded births among girls since 1963, 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 1963 to 1999.
- #13,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 419 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantele ranks #13,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 419 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantele's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Chantele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chantele's full recorded timeline at 1982, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chantele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1999
- Peak year (1971)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Chantele by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (155 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Chantele's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Chantele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
155 births
- 1990s
1990s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 155 births (37% of all-time use).
Chantele by state
Where Chantele concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 419 births nationwide.
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- Chantele's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (155 total births) through the 1990s (108) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Chanteles (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Chantele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1963–1999 (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 Chantele 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.