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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#505 · 1 in 4,598
- Kentucky#507 · 1 in 4,750
- Ohio#561 · 1 in 5,956
- Georgia#673 · 1 in 5,813
- North Carolina#715 · 1 in 6,840
Best ever in a state: #163 in North Dakota, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #505 | 7 | 1 in 4,598 |
| Kentucky | #507 | 5 | 1 in 4,750 |
| Ohio | #561 | 12 | 1 in 5,956 |
| Georgia | #673 | 6 | 1 in 5,813 |
| North Carolina | #715 | 5 | 1 in 6,840 |
| Texas | #1,096 | 11 | 1 in 11,811 |
| California | #1,361 | 12 | 1 in 15,478 |
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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 |
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| 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 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 12,926 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 91.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,079Shanon132
- #1,079Shea132
- #1,079Susannah132
- #1,083Chanda131
- #1,083Janessa131
- #1,083Keli131
- #1,083Lina131
- #1,088Chrissy130
- #1,088Kenyatta130
- #1,088Shellie130
Tied with 4 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 362,889 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 982 names at #6,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.