Chantal
Chantal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 553rd, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1990428 births
- Best rank
- #553in 1990
- Since 1947
- 8,446people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,446 girls have been named Chantal in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 428 births.
The name has all but left use: 17 births in 2024, against 428 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 32%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Chantal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 36 | |
| 1950s | 140 | |
| 1960s | 608 | |
| 1970s | 935 | |
| 1980s | 2,184 | |
| 1990s | 2,738 | |
| 2000s | 1,282 | |
| 2010s | 420 | |
| 2020s | 103 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Chantal was the 553rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Chantal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deondrapeak 1985
- Deandrapeak 1988
- Deandreapeak 1992
- Alyciapeak 1990
- Janeepeak 1989
- Laurinpeak 1990
- Cassandrapeak 1990
- Melyssapeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.