Chantel
- Pronunciation
- [Chan-tel]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Song
- Origin
- French
Chantel Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 14,970 baby girls have been named Chantel. The name peaked in 1990 with 740 US births that year (rank #360). In 2024, ranked #6970 nationally — 6,610 places below its 1990 peak.
Top States for Chantel
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Chantel births are: California (1,739), New York (1,401), Florida (745).
Other French-Origin Names Like Chantel
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7-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Chantel's exact length and starting letter: Cadabyr, Cadassi, Cadence, Cadenza, Caedmon.
Quick Facts About Chantel
US Popularity History (2000–2001)
Annual US births named Chantel by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 249 girls named Chantel (girl rank #885 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #929 for girls (239 US births). That's 44 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Chantel Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 1996–2005 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Chantel the strongest states are New Mexico, Utah, Massachusetts.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #331 | 40 |
| 2 | Utah | #615 | 35 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #620 | 24 |
| 4 | Washington | #738 | 21 |
| 5 | New York | #822 | 54 |
| 6 | Michigan | #828 | 27 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #828 | 27 |
| 2 | New York | #822 | 54 |
| 3 | Washington | #738 | 21 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #620 | 24 |
| 5 | Utah | #615 | 35 |
| 6 | New Mexico | #331 | 40 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 1996–2005. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Chantel in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Chantel to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Chantel against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).