Chantal

Girl name

Chantal has been given to 8,476 babies in the U.S. since 1947. It peaked in 1990.

Meaning & origin

Borrowed from French Chantal in the 1960s, from the surname of a French saint Jeanne de Chantal, actually a Baroness of Chantal, a place name in France from Old Occitan cantal (“stone, moellon, rubblestone”).

Origin: French

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

8,476

Peak year

1990 (428 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1947

10-year trend

▼ -60%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

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