Girls' name · since 1968
Chantella
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 105 babies named Chantella, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
105 girls have been named Chantella since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chantella has 105 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2000.
- #26,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantella ranks #26,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chantella's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chantella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chantella's full recorded timeline at 1986, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chantella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2000
- Peak year (1992)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Chantella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (34 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Chantella's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Chantella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Chantella's data
- Chantella's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chantella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1968–2000 (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 Chantella 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.