Chantae
Feminine
Chantae sits between Chantal and the French chanté, sung, and the record connects it to neither. Its stress can fall at the end, as French would place it, or at the start, as English often does, and the spelling leaves the choice open.
How old is the name Chantae?
Chantae first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Chantae alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 500 people named Chantae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chantae most popular?
Chantae peaked in 1986, reaching #2903 nationally. See the whole 1986 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Chantae
Our Chantae is a French sound written in an English hand. Its first syllable matches the chant of chanter, to sing, and its close is written ae so that English readers say it rather than leave it silent. French would put the weight at the end, shahn-TAY, where French words take their stress; English is just as content with SHAHN-tay. Both sayings suit the letters, and the name moves between them the way a tune moves between two notes.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Chantae. Chanté is French for sung, and Chantal is a French name taken from a place; Chantae resembles both and is recorded as neither.
Pronouncing Chantae
shahn-TAY
Final stress follows French; SHAHN-tay, with the stress first, is equally possible from the letters. The Ch is said as sh.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1964
- Most girls named
- 198934 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2903reached in 1986
- Change vs 2007
- +20.0%6 in 2013, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chantaes among us
people named Chantae are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Chantae sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two syllables, both easy to say, with a sound English speakers know from Chantal.
- The ae ending makes sure the final vowel is sounded rather than dropped.
- Rare in its own right.
- The stress can fall on either syllable, so expect both sayings until the family's is known.
- Expect Chantay, Shantae and Chante on forms.
- A reader who does not know French may start it with the ch of church; one hearing corrects it.
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- How many Chantaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Chantae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Chantae is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Chantae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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