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
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 418 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,078since 1947
Chanda over time
Rank among girls' names. Chanda has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,628 | 92 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,445 | 108 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,444 | 102 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,106 | 136 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,163 | 122 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,165 | 113 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,083 | 131 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #831 | 189 | — | |
| 1980 | #824 | 190 | — | |
| 1979 | #663 | 263 | — | |
| 1978 | #562 | 312 | — | |
| 1977 | #469 | 412 | — | |
| 1976 | #460 | 418 | — | |
| 1975 | #467 | 401 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #478 | 371 | — | |
| 1973 | #507 | 340 | — | |
| 1972 | #541 | 308 | — | |
| 1971 | #550 | 327 | — | |
| 1970 | #651 | 250 | — | |
| 1969 | #698 | 202 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#250 · 1 in 910
- Virginia#262 · 1 in 1,547
- Georgia#286 · 1 in 1,536
- North Carolina#307 · 1 in 2,023
- West Virginia#321 · 1 in 2,359
Best ever in a state: #163 in North Dakota, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #250 | 5 | 1 in 910 |
| Virginia | #262 | 18 | 1 in 1,547 |
| Georgia | #286 | 21 | 1 in 1,536 |
| North Carolina | #307 | 16 | 1 in 2,023 |
| West Virginia | #321 | 5 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Indiana | #334 | 15 | 1 in 2,320 |
| Kansas | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,239 |
| Kentucky | #381 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 7 | 1 in 2,429 |
| Alabama | #389 | 9 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Mississippi | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Iowa | #412 | 5 | 1 in 3,718 |
| Tennessee | #424 | 9 | 1 in 3,096 |
| Ohio | #433 | 19 | 1 in 3,629 |
| Pennsylvania | #469 | 16 | 1 in 4,125 |
| Louisiana | #476 | 9 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Texas | #499 | 32 | 1 in 3,231 |
| Missouri | #570 | 6 | 1 in 5,109 |
| Florida | #650 | 9 | 1 in 4,891 |
| New York | #732 | 16 | 1 in 6,145 |
| Illinois | #822 | 9 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Michigan | #853 | 6 | 1 in 9,592 |
| California | #1,211 | 12 | 1 in 12,777 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chanda
- 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)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1976 at #460 (418 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1969–1981
- 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%)
- 56.0% of all girls named Chanda (3,402) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #3,137 (1948) | #3,753 |
| 1950s | 141 | #2,395 (1959) | #3,208 |
| 1960s | 585 | #698 (1969) | #1,767 |
| 1970s | 3,402 | #460 (1976) | #535 |
| 1980s | 1,273 | #824 (1980) | #1,170 |
| 1990s | 549 | #1,445 (1990) | #2,762 |
| 2000s | 101 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,910 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 95.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).