Chantal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Chantal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Chantal: Recorded since 1975, it reached #252 in 1998, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#252highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#705
1998	#607
1999	#663
2000	#804
2001	#779
2002	#861
2003	#1083
2004	#1209
2005	#1343
2006	#2509
2007	#2085
2008	#5545
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2014	#4003
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 37 years from 1975 to 2011.

In 2011: #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5785 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #503 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2011
Highest recorded position: #252 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1975–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Chantal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 95 births with the name.

Chantal across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Chantal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#503 (1975)	#252 (1998)	#937 (2011)	22 of 37	95 (1975–2011)	10 (1998)
England and Wales · Girls	#571 (1996)	#571 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	20 of 29	345 (1996–2024)	43 (1996)

Chantal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Chantal in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	3 of 10	3
1980s	26	6 of 10	4
1990sbusiest	35	6 of 10	6
2000s	22	6 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Chantal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Chantal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#861	27	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#779	31	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#663	36	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#705	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #252, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Chanice · #465, 18y
Channon · #534, 9y
Chantel · #252, 25y
Chantell · #378, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ma · #252, 36y
Derry · #253, 31y
Monty · #253, 30y
Damion · #250, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ivana · #252, 51y
Derry · #253, 31y
Aodan · #254, 20y
Asma · #250, 49y

Chantal was ranked #252 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Chantal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Chantal without appearing here.

Chantal moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #440 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #252 and #498.
Janice Compare
In 1997 they stood at #440 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #252 and #498.
Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #456 and #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #252 and #498.
Lynette Compare
In 1988 they stood at #488 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #332 and #503.

Moved ahead of Chantal

Pauline Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2085 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #1718.
Jesse Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2085 and #2233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #1914.
Diane Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2085 and #2627 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #2022.
Bernadette Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2085 and #2233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #2150.

Moved the opposite way to Chantal

Abigail Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 while Abigail went from #282 to #53.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 while Alexandra went from #274 to #97.
Alice Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 while Alice went from #125 to #66.
Amy Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 while Amy went from #180 to #25.

Moved the same way as Chantal

Alma Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 and Alma from #308 to #937.
Audrey Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 and Audrey from #65 to #695.
Camilla Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 and Camilla from #321 to #612.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1975 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Chantal went from #503 to #937 and Deirdre from #10 to #695.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Chantal

Chantal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Chantal across 2 official records

Chantal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chantal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Chantal moved ahead of

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Chantal at a glance

Chantal across 2 official records

Chantal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Chantal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Chantal

Chantal and the names beside it

Chantal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Chantal

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