Girls' name · since 1971
Chauntae
126 babies named Chauntae in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
126 girls have been named Chauntae since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chauntae has 126 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 1995.
- #24,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 126 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chauntae ranks #24,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chauntae's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chauntae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chauntae splits its recorded history at 1985: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chauntae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1995
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Chauntae by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Chauntae's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Chauntae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Chauntae's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 1990s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chauntae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
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, 1971–1995 (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 Chauntae 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.