Chantel Girl
How popular is Chantel?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Chantel in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Chantel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 561 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,456 in 2015, #4,356 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (740 girls) |
| Highest rank | #360 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Chantel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Chantel family of names ranked #2,411 for girls in 2025 (#2,262 the year before), with 48 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Chantel is most popular
Babies named Chantel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Chantel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,565 |
| 1960s | 626 | #741 |
| 1970s | 2,672 | #569 |
| 1980s | 4,599 | #372 |
| 1990s | 5,175 | #360 |
| 2000s | 1,402 | #884 |
| 2010s | 374 | #2,795 |
| 2020s | 127 | #4,356 |
Girl names about as popular as Chantel
Questions
- Is Chantel a boy or girl name?
- Chantel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Chantel were girls.
- How popular is the name Chantel?
- 14 baby girls were named Chantel in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Chantel most popular?
- Chantel peaked in 1990, when 740 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #360 in 1990.
- How many people are named Chantel?
- 14,997 babies have been named Chantel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,573 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Chantel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Chantel was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.