Chauntel — girls' name
497 babies named Chauntel in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Chauntel was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Chauntel in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chauntel
The Social Security Administration has registered 497 babies named Chauntel between 1968 and 2006, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chauntel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chauntel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chauntel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chauntel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chauntel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 497 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chauntel at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chauntel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1968
- Peak year (1989)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
497 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 27 births in a single year.
Chauntel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 171 births that decade — 34% of Chauntel's all-time total
Chauntel decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chauntel's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Chauntel by state
Where Chauntel concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 497 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.