Boys' name · since 1978
Chantry
147 babies named Chantry in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantry sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 147 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantry has been recorded 147 times among boys since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used boys 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 1978 to 2015.
- #14,865 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 147 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chantry ranks #14,865 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 147
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chantry's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chantry's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chantry splits its recorded history at 1989: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chantry popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2015
- Peak year (1989)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Chantry by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (73 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Chantry's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Chantry births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 73 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Chantry's decade-level peak was the 1980s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- 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 Chantry: 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 (~37 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, 1978–2015 (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 Chantry 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.