Chanti

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Chanti has been given to 110 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Chanti, 2004

1 in 637,000

Chanti over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chanti: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Chanti means

Chanti is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Chanti is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 110 girls were recorded with the name Chanti between 1971 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1979; its best national rank was #5,807 in 1979.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Chanti?

Chanti had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 637,000; 6 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 306,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 441,326 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chanti sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 441,326 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chanti. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chantis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chanti was born before 1980 — so the typical Chanti is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 54.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 110; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (50).

Is Chanti rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (11)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,807; 1979

Spellings of Chanti

Chanti is not the most common spelling — Chanel is, with 14.6% against Chanti's 0.08%.

Chanel14.6%19,097
Chantel11.5%14,986
Chana10.7%13,921
Ashanti9.6%12,576
Charli9.0%11,692
Chantal6.5%8,469
Candi5.6%7,356
Chanda4.7%6,078

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Chanti by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,807; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 11 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 110
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chanti

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Chasya Charny Chavi Chapel Charlii Chaslyn Charvi Charne Chayah Chavie Chamya Chaarvi Charda Chaviva Chasty Charle Chandy Chalon Chayil Chalee Chakia Chaitra Charna Chaley

Sibling names for Chanti

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bambi Shanika Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo Kristofer

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