How Many People Are Named Chantel?
people named Chantel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,540 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,997 babies named Chantel in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
740 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CHANTAL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Chantel in English. Counting Chantel and these spellings together, about 33,573 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chantel (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chantel alive today is about 37 years old, and 76% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chantel first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 1990, to 740 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Chantel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #360, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #7,566.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,566 |
| Best rank | #360 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #487 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chantel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chantel were born in California than in any other state: about 1,684 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chantel was given 6.2 times as often in Hawaii, 3.7 times in Utah and 2.8 times in New Mexico.
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