Girls' name · since 1968
Chontell
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Chontell, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chontell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1968.
Chontell has 16 recorded births among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1988.
- #48,499 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chontell ranks #48,499 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #48,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chontell's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chontell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chontell splits its recorded history at 1971: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chontell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Chontell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Chontell's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Chontell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chontell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1968–1988 (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 Chontell 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.