Girls' name · since 1966
Chantina
Chantina has 45 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
45 girls have been named Chantina since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantina has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1966 to 1983.
- #36,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantina ranks #36,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #36,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantina's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chantina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chantina splits its recorded history at 1980: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chantina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1983
- Peak year (1978)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1983.
45 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 10 births in a single year.
Chantina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (20 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Chantina's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Chantina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (44% of all-time use).
Chantina decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chantina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1966–1983 (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 Chantina 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.
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