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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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 1983

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #898 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,048 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedIAIndiana: #524 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,829 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,057 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 31,285 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedARTennessee: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,941 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #624 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,561 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Chanda, so not publishedHITexas: #1,230 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 14,255 girlsTXFlorida: #966 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,809 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#462 · 1 in 3,941
  2. Indiana#524 · 1 in 4,829
  3. North Carolina#624 · 1 in 5,561
  4. Michigan#898 · 1 in 11,048
  5. Florida#966 · 1 in 9,809

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

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Tennessee#46271 in 3,941
Indiana#52471 in 4,829
North Carolina#62461 in 5,561
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Florida#96661 in 9,809
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California#2,05761 in 31,285
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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 1983

girls
#1,165
113 births · 1 in 14,784 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,165Chanda113
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 14,784 of them was named Chanda, which outranked 90.4% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chanda
  1. #1,159Jeffrey114
  2. #1,159Shaquita114
  3. #1,159Shenika114
  4. #1,165Chanda113
  5. #1,165Sandi113
  6. #1,165Shaunna113
  7. #1,165Tawanna113
  8. #1,169Alia112
  9. #1,169Danyelle112
  10. #1,169Felisha112

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →