Girls' name · since 1963
Chantelle
Chantelle has 6,682 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,206 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,682
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
6,682 babies have been named Chantelle since 1963, making it today's #7206 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantelle has been recorded 6,682 times among girls since 1963, currently ranked #7206 nationally and more common than 58% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,128 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,206 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,682 born since 1963
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantelle ranks #2,128 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,206 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,682 born since 1963, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,206 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,682
- born since 1963
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantelle's 6,682 recorded births place it above 97.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Chantelle compares
6,682 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Chantelle's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Chantelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,682 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 303 | 21 | 19,840 |
Chantelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chantelle's full recorded timeline at 1994, 28% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 72% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 15 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 303 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chantelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 303
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Chantelle popularity over time - boys
8 total births recorded since 1989 (Chantelle as boys' name)
Chantelle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (2,089 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Chantelle's strongest decade.
2,089 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Chantelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 381
1960s
381 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,303 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,089 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,987 births
- 2000s 532
2000s
532 births
- 2010s 273
2010s
273 births
- 2020s 117
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 2,089 births (31% of all-time use).
How Chantelle 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 Chantelle's total volume
Chantelle by state
Where Chantelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 748 | 11.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 445 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 355 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 267 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 237 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Utah | | 177 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Texas | | 167 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Washington | | 150 | 2.2% |
748 of 6,682 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Chantelle appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Chantelle's data
- Chantelle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (2,089 total births); usage has since declined to 117 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Chantelles (748 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 Chantelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Chantelle 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.