Chantel
Chantel was the 7568th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 360th with 740 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,064 places. More babies were named Chantel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,568 girls, down 3,194 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990740 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,997babies recorded
Chantel popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 11 since 1974.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,568 | 14 |
| 2020 | #4,374 | 31 |
| 2010 | #3,167 | 52 |
| 2000 | #885 | 249 |
| 1990 | #360 | 740 |
| 1980 | #609 | 301 |
| 1970 | #772 | 185 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Chantel, counting every spelling?
Chantel is the most common spelling of a name family that had 29 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 29 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantel | 14 | #7,568 | 96 |
| Chantelle | 15 | #7,209 | 93 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Chantel?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chantel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Chantel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chantel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Chantel?
About 14,500 people born in the US named Chantel are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 31 and 45. That makes Chantel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Chantel by state
How common Chantel was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Chantel: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chantel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Chantel
How popular is the name Chantel?
Chantel was the 7568th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 360th with 740 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,064 places. More babies were named Chantel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Chantel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Chantel in the US.
Where is Chantel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Chantel was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 girls).