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Chantal

Girl · French

Chantal is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “stone, moellon, rubblestone”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).

What does Chantal mean?

French

“stone, moellon, rubblestone”

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Chantal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Chantal in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 43 girls.

Half of all the girls named Chantal in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 43 in 19962024
Chantal in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20243#5,966
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20173#5,998
20165#4,290
20150–
20145#4,187
20130–
20123#6,108
20113#6,007
20103#5,938
20090–
20083#5,772
200711#2,198
20068#2,657
200518#1,382
200419#1,293
200321#1,156
200227#927
200132#819
200029#854
199937#704
199842#657
199735#758
199643#622

How popular is Chantal in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,115among girls
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 85,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Chantal, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 428 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.

Half of all the girls named Chantal in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

1947Busiest: 428 in 19902025
Chantal in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#6,115
202417#6,639
202320#5,955
202215#7,276
202131#4,409
202020#5,846
201920#5,982
201823#5,450
201724#5,336
201628#4,849
201547#3,389
201452#3,135
201352#3,122
201249#3,313
201165#2,694
201060#2,869
200983#2,337
2008109#1,927
200798#2,071
2006109#1,865
2005151#1,417
2004124#1,585
2003135#1,453
2002174#1,178
2001154#1,276
2000146#1,303
1999229#919
1998174#1,104
1997220#910
1996244#824
1995281#727
1994228#859
1993269#763
1992297#718
1991369#611
1990428#552
1989376#581
1988292#662
1987342#580
1986254#706
1985218#776
1984140#1,018
1983138#1,019
1982179#859
1981138#1,036
1980106#1,238
197980#1,482
1978102#1,221
197794#1,268
1976103#1,139
197587#1,278
197466#1,486
197377#1,312
197291#1,181
1971138#935
197099#1,168
1969115#1,007
1968118#951
196759#1,441
196659#1,430
196555#1,500
196465#1,393
196348#1,648
196235#1,946
196133#2,035
196022#2,572
195928#2,151
195825#2,259
195719#2,650
195617#2,825
19550–
19548#4,276
195312#3,268
19529#3,795
195111#3,283
195011#3,234
19498#3,891
194819#2,254
19479#3,704

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