Chantelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shan-TEL
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Chantelle is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Chantelle mean?
French: elaboration of Chantal, a French place name
An English elaboration of Chantal, used in honour of St Jeanne de Chantal, a 17th-century French saint.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Chantelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Chantelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chantelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Chantelle, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 673 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Chantelle since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Chantelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#83).
Chantelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 56 | #761 |
| 2012 | 83 | #562 |
| 2011 | 83 | #550 |
| 2010 | 109 | #442 |
| 2009 | 127 | #383 |
| 2008 | 143 | #349 |
| 2007 | 209 | #264 |
| 2006 | 270 | #208 |
| 2005 | 278 | #194 |
| 2004 | 262 | #204 |
| 2003 | 309 | #174 |
| 2002 | 330 | #152 |
| 2001 | 366 | #141 |
| 2000 | 394 | #135 |
| 1999 | 464 | #120 |
| 1998 | 608 | #96 |
| 1997 | 659 | #91 |
| 1996 | 673 | #88 |
How popular is Chantelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Chantelle, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 303 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had the fewest girls named Chantelle since it first appeared, in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Chantelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chantelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 135 | #1,289 |
| 1996 | 175 | #1,054 |
| 1995 | 195 | #964 |
| 1994 | 200 | #933 |
| 1993 | 224 | #862 |
| 1992 | 265 | #775 |
| 1991 | 281 | #738 |
| 1990 | 290 | #719 |
| 1989 | 303 | #669 |
| 1988 | 243 | #770 |
| 1987 | 259 | #703 |
| 1986 | 246 | #722 |
| 1985 | 233 | #742 |
| 1984 | 166 | #898 |
| 1983 | 172 | #880 |
| 1982 | 161 | #929 |
| 1981 | 159 | #937 |
| 1980 | 147 | #995 |
| 1979 | 142 | #1,006 |
| 1978 | 100 | #1,241 |
| 1977 | 131 | #1,023 |
| 1976 | 148 | #891 |
| 1975 | 122 | #998 |
| 1974 | 130 | #950 |
| 1973 | 125 | #958 |
| 1972 | 139 | #901 |
| 1971 | 139 | #931 |
| 1970 | 127 | #985 |
| 1969 | 100 | #1,104 |
| 1968 | 109 | #1,002 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,751 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
Names like Chantelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Chloe, Charlotte, Nicole, Amber, Zoe, Molly, Holly, Darcie, Jessica, Hannah, Michelle
Names related to Chantelle
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chantelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chantelle, updated 20 October 2026.