How rare is the name Chantel?

13,006 people in the United States have the first name Chantel, about 1 in 23,222. It ranks #2,086 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHANTEL

#2,086

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,006
About
1 in 23,222
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,006 people named Chantel, 40.4% reported their origin as White, 34.6% as Black and 14.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chantel peaked in 1990, when 740 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
740
In 2025*
14 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,997 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Chantel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #855. The largest share of babies named Chantel, 56.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#2,284626
1970s#1,1032,677
1980s#8554,605
1990s#9265,175
2000s#2,6221,402
2010s#6,863374
2020s#9,902127
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–8023.2%
Millennials 1981–9656.2%
Generation Z 1997–1217.4%
2013 and later2.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Chantel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chantel has been most common in Hawaii (6.2×), Utah (4.2×), and New Mexico (3×), and least common in Alabama (0.22×).

12,170 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Chantel

#2,084 Opal · 13,016#2,085 Chrystal · 13,010#2,087 Jeanie · 12,972#2,088 Shania · 12,970

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chantel, most common first.

#2,374 Chantal · 10,546#3,460 Chantelle · 6,004#5,705 Chantell · 2,958#15,392 Chantale · 748#21,789 Chauntel · 463#25,678 Chantele · 368#37,708 Chandel · 206#38,064 Chantil · 203

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