Chandler
#895 for girls in 2025, 296 births · #753 for boys in 2025, 342 births
Given to boys 77.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 2,395 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,507since 1900
Chandler over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #895 | 296 | #753 | 342 |
| 2024 | #896 | 297 | #735 | 355 |
| 2023 | #900 | 296 | #687 | 391 |
| 2022 | #927 | 291 | #640 | 433 |
| 2021 | #891 | 303 | #604 | 460 |
| 2020 | #968 | 263 | #569 | 491 |
| 2019 | #930 | 284 | #582 | 480 |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 257 | #505 | 567 |
| 2017 | #1,033 | 250 | #489 | 597 |
| 2016 | #996 | 265 | #466 | 655 |
| 2015 | #1,055 | 249 | #423 | 732 |
| 2014 | #1,128 | 223 | #421 | 731 |
| 2013 | #1,227 | 196 | #430 | 675 |
| 2012 | #1,416 | 161 | #455 | 598 |
| 2011 | #1,564 | 140 | #441 | 615 |
| 2010 | #1,769 | 116 | #495 | 524 |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 | #472 | 579 |
| 2008 | #1,789 | 122 | #455 | 609 |
| 2007 | #1,645 | 135 | #427 | 675 |
| 2006 | #1,615 | 132 | #400 | 753 |
| 2005 | #1,378 | 156 | #340 | 870 |
| 2004 | #1,480 | 136 | #282 | 1,130 |
| 2003 | #1,227 | 172 | #260 | 1,270 |
| 2002 | #986 | 223 | #238 | 1,417 |
| 2001 | #925 | 240 | #205 | 1,792 |
| 2000 | #711 | 326 | #174 | 2,131 |
| 1999 | #560 | 447 | #151 | 2,395 |
| 1998 | #586 | 412 | #173 | 1,952 |
| 1997 | #565 | 416 | #184 | 1,796 |
| 1996 | #485 | 493 | #157 | 2,187 |
| 1995 | #353 | 744 | #177 | 1,856 |
| 1994 | #444 | 570 | #348 | 704 |
| 1993 | #349 | 733 | #358 | 661 |
| 1992 | #541 | 437 | #408 | 554 |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 | #456 | 468 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 | #485 | 397 |
| 1989 | #1,965 | 65 | #556 | 301 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #637 | 224 |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #760 | 142 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #810 | 120 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #803 | 118 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #942 | 88 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #943 | 90 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #1,084 | 70 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,099 | 63 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,019 | 66 |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,068 | 58 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #826 | 94 |
| 1971 | — | #811 | 99 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #800 | 103 |
| 1969 | — | #841 | 83 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,047 | 50 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,030 | 50 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,677 | 22 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,611 | 23 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,559 | 24 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,421 | 24 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,505 | 20 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,241 | 29 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,330 | 25 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,716 | 18 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,302 | 28 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,404 | 27 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Chandler! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Chandler is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#177 · 1 in 680
- Georgia#180 · 1 in 818
- South Carolina#185 · 1 in 836
- Mississippi#195 · 1 in 841
- Alabama#227 · 1 in 1,057
Best ever in a state: #50 in South Carolina, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #177 | 21 | 1 in 680 |
| Georgia | #180 | 66 | 1 in 818 |
| South Carolina | #185 | 25 | 1 in 836 |
| Mississippi | #195 | 16 | 1 in 841 |
| Alabama | #227 | 21 | 1 in 1,057 |
| West Virginia | #239 | 8 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Tennessee | #253 | 30 | 1 in 1,193 |
| Louisiana | #257 | 21 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Kentucky | #261 | 17 | 1 in 1,305 |
| North Carolina | #290 | 35 | 1 in 1,444 |
| Indiana | #307 | 23 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Oklahoma | #368 | 12 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Kansas | #380 | 9 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Virginia | #395 | 18 | 1 in 2,323 |
| Maryland | #404 | 12 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Florida | #405 | 37 | 1 in 2,485 |
| Iowa | #419 | 7 | 1 in 2,160 |
| Missouri | #505 | 10 | 1 in 3,175 |
| Arizona | #521 | 11 | 1 in 3,363 |
| Michigan | #544 | 13 | 1 in 3,665 |
| Pennsylvania | #548 | 15 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Texas | #550 | 46 | 1 in 3,862 |
| Ohio | #560 | 15 | 1 in 3,984 |
| Wisconsin | #566 | 7 | 1 in 3,898 |
| Colorado | #600 | 7 | 1 in 3,879 |
| Illinois | #650 | 14 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Utah | #673 | 5 | 1 in 4,332 |
| Washington | #673 | 8 | 1 in 4,491 |
| California | #1,032 | 20 | 1 in 11,525 |
| New York | #1,331 | 8 | 1 in 13,038 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Chandler
- 18 spots since 2024 (#735 → #753)
- 184 spots since 2020 (#569 → #753)
- 330 spots since 2015 (#423 → #753)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1969 (#1,047 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1973 (#826 → #1,068)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1999 at #151 (2,395 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1982–2025
- Highest: 1 in 802 boys born in 1999 were named Chandler (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,994 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Chandler (12,970) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,262 |
| 1910s | 193 | #1,095 (1912) | #1,405 |
| 1920s | 278 | #1,139 (1920) | #1,425 |
| 1930s | 219 | #1,241 (1934) | #1,522 |
| 1940s | 205 | #1,297 (1947) | #1,611 |
| 1950s | 230 | #1,388 (1957) | #1,631 |
| 1960s | 393 | #841 (1969) | #1,295 |
| 1970s | 712 | #800 (1970) | #1,022 |
| 1980s | 1,418 | #556 (1989) | #829 |
| 1990s | 12,970 | #151 (1999) | #290 |
| 2000s | 11,226 | #174 (2000) | #325 |
| 2010s | 6,174 | #421 (2014) | #471 |
| 2020s | 2,472 | #569 (2020) | #665 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chandler in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 10,938 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 92.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,413Jaslene162
- #1,413Malak162
- #1,413Nichole162
- #1,416Chandler161
- #1,416Amyah161
- #1,416Chelsey161
- #1,416Hailie161
- #1,425Elora160
- #1,425Izabel160
- #1,425Jubilee160
Tied with 8 names at #1,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 3,172 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).