Girls' name · since 1972
Chantrell
127 babies named Chantrell in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantrell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 127 have been recorded since 1972.
Chantrell has 127 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 1996.
- #24,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantrell ranks #24,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantrell's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Chantrell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chantrell splits its recorded history at 1987: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chantrell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1996
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Chantrell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (51 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Chantrell's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Chantrell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 51 births (40% of all-time use).
Chantrell by state
Where Chantrell concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
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- Chantrell's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 1990s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Chantrells (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chantrell: 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 (~24 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, 1972–1996 (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 Chantrell 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.