girl's name

Chantelle

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 15,107

Northern Ireland

#552

2012 births

Chantelle is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 311 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Chantelle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,097
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Chantelle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 381
1970s 1,303
1980s 2,097
1990s 1,987
2000s 532
2010s 273
2020s (to 2025) 117

How popular is Chantelle?

In 2025, Chantelle was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Chantelle is used

Northern Ireland #552 3 in 2012
Scotland #981 3 in 2019
Ireland #1,136 3 in 2024
Canada #2,699 8 in 2024
England & Wales #4,180 6 in 2025
United States #7,469 15 in 2025

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 Chantelle

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

Parents who like Chantelle also like

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

Sibling names for Chantelle

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

Common questions about Chantelle

How popular is the name Chantelle?

In 2025, Chantelle was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Chantelle is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Chantelle most popular?

Chantelle peaked in 1989, when 311 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Chantelle a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Chantelle currently ranks #2,699 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.