girl's name

Chantay

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,171

Chantay is a girl's name. In 2000 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1961, when 80 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1960.

Chantay over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2000, not a full ten years.

403
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Chantay by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 403
1970s 257
1980s 306
1990s 135
2000s (to 2000) 7

How popular is Chantay?

In 2000, Chantay was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Chantay is used

England & Wales #6,672 3 in 2008
United States #12,442 7 in 2000

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Chantay

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Chantay also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Chantay over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Chantay

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Chantay — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Chantay

How popular is the name Chantay?

In 2000, Chantay was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Chantay a girl's or a boy's name?

Chantay is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chantay most popular?

Chantay peaked in 1961, when 80 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.