Chanda

Last seen for girls in 2009 at #13,704 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 418 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,078
since 1947

Chanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Chanda has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #460, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Chanda! It came in at #3,448, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Chanda is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNHWashington: #461 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,310 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedIDMontana: #193 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 766 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #555 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #628 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,190 girlsMINew York: #656 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,358 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedSDIowa: #327 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,472 girlsIAIndiana: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,455 girlsINOhio: #383 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,889 girlsOHPennsylvania: #498 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,646 girlsPANew Jersey: #772 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,197 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #771 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 6,293 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedUTColorado: #420 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,630 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,236 girlsMOKentucky: #417 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,343 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #336 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,082 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedDEArizona: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsAZNew Mexico: #350 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,534 girlsNMKansas: #259 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,397 girlsKSArkansas: #295 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,580 girlsARTennessee: #393 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,937 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #286 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,617 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #257 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,276 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #272 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsOKLouisiana: #363 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,967 girlsLAMississippi: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,592 girlsMSAlabama: #343 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,986 girlsALGeorgia: #249 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,239 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedHITexas: #499 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,191 girlsTXFlorida: #398 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,432 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#193 · 1 in 766
  2. Georgia#249 · 1 in 1,239
  3. South Carolina#257 · 1 in 1,276
  4. Kansas#259 · 1 in 1,397
  5. Oklahoma#272 · 1 in 1,449

Best ever in a state: #163 in North Dakota, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#19351 in 766
Georgia#249251 in 1,239
South Carolina#257131 in 1,276
Kansas#25991 in 1,397
Oklahoma#272111 in 1,449
North Carolina#286201 in 1,617
Arkansas#29581 in 1,580
Iowa#32771 in 2,472
Virginia#336131 in 2,082
Alabama#343111 in 1,986
Indiana#344141 in 2,455
New Mexico#35051 in 1,534
Louisiana#363131 in 1,967
Ohio#383241 in 2,889
Tennessee#39391 in 2,937
Arizona#39871 in 2,166
Florida#398171 in 2,432
Missouri#41691 in 3,236
Kentucky#41771 in 3,343
Colorado#42061 in 2,630
Mississippi#43761 in 2,592
Washington#46161 in 3,310
Pennsylvania#498141 in 4,646
Texas#499301 in 3,191
Illinois#555161 in 4,355
Michigan#62891 in 6,190
New York#656191 in 5,358
California#771221 in 6,293
New Jersey#77251 in 7,197
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See more about Chanda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 479 spots in 1969 (#1,177 → #698)
  • Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1982 (#831 → #1,083)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1976 at #460 (418 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1969–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,505
  • Highest: 1 in 3,505 girls born in 1976 were named Chanda (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 262,445 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 56.0% of all girls named Chanda (3,402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s27#3,137 (1948)#3,753
1950s141#2,395 (1959)#3,208
1960s585#698 (1969)#1,767
1970s3,402#460 (1976)#535
1980s1,273#824 (1980)#1,170
1990s549#1,445 (1990)#2,762
2000s101#4,527 (2000)#11,546

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Chanda in 1975

girls
#467
401 births · 1 in 3,636 girls
boys
#4,797
6 births · 1 in 260,226 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #467Chanda401

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #4,797Chanda6
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 3,636 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 95.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanda
  1. #464Dora407
  2. #464Marci407
  3. #466Lea403
  4. #467Chanda401
  5. #468Jocelyn400
  6. #469Aisha397
  7. #469Kerrie397
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 260,226 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 24.3% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanda
  1. #4,309Worth7
  2. #4,309Zeno7
  3. #4,309Zephaniah7
  4. #4,797Chanda6
  5. #4,797Aaren6
  6. #4,797Abiel6
  7. #4,797Abu6
  8. #5,464Aaran5
  9. #5,464Aasim5
  10. #5,464Abbas5

Tied with 666 names at #4,797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 722Benjiman#1,692 → #970
  2. ↑ 702Marques#1,520 → #818
  3. ↑ 645Glendon#1,409 → #764
  4. ↑ 502Benji#1,124 → #622
  5. ↑ 471Regan#1,409 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 905Toma#882 → #1,787
  2. ↓ 830Vashon#923 → #1,753
  3. ↓ 352Bruno#993 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 327Hollis#953 → #1,280
  5. ↓ 303Domenico#977 → #1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975 →