Chandra
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 747 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,283since 1935
Chandra over time
Rank among girls' names. Chandra has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,048 | 82 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,122 | 76 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,914 | 82 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,530 | 105 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,348 | 125 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,246 | 137 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,170 | 151 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,017 | 182 | — | |
| 1992 | #963 | 199 | — | |
| 1991 | #822 | 250 | — | |
| 1990 | #742 | 280 | — | |
| 1989 | #688 | 294 | — | |
| 1988 | #594 | 338 | — | |
| 1987 | #548 | 365 | — | |
| 1986 | #519 | 398 | — | |
| 1985 | #496 | 409 | — | |
| 1984 | #477 | 429 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #445 | 462 | — | |
| 1982 | #448 | 478 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #409 | 539 | — | |
| 1980 | #396 | 573 | — | |
| 1979 | #391 | 556 | — | |
| 1978 | #337 | 645 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #341 | 664 | — | |
| 1976 | #326 | 682 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #307 | 747 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #318 | 713 | — | |
| 1973 | #338 | 653 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #341 | 660 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #356 | 683 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #357 | 695 | — | |
| 1969 | #377 | 608 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #432 | 483 | — | |
| 1967 | #470 | 405 | — | |
| 1966 | #504 | 349 | — | |
| 1965 | #567 | 284 | — | |
| 1964 | #632 | 260 | — | |
| 1963 | #665 | 229 | — | |
| 1962 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1961 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1960 | #832 | 153 | — | |
| 1959 | #755 | 181 | — | |
| 1958 | #647 | 232 | — | |
| 1957 | #782 | 165 | — | |
| 1956 | #948 | 113 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,118 | 79 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chandra! It came in at #3,742, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1943, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Chandra is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#322 · 1 in 2,238
- North Carolina#390 · 1 in 3,506
- Tennessee#452 · 1 in 4,574
- Virginia#510 · 1 in 5,798
- Missouri#520 · 1 in 6,426
Best ever in a state: #127 in Colorado, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #322 | 20 | 1 in 2,238 |
| North Carolina | #390 | 14 | 1 in 3,506 |
| Tennessee | #452 | 8 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Virginia | #510 | 7 | 1 in 5,798 |
| Missouri | #520 | 7 | 1 in 6,426 |
| Texas | #526 | 24 | 1 in 4,741 |
| Alabama | #558 | 6 | 1 in 5,899 |
| Illinois | #630 | 12 | 1 in 9,032 |
| Ohio | #649 | 10 | 1 in 10,591 |
| Florida | #735 | 5 | 1 in 9,761 |
| California | #812 | 15 | 1 in 11,090 |
| New York | #842 | 11 | 1 in 15,308 |
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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 Chandra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 170 spots in 1956 (#1,118 → #948)
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1992 (#822 → #963)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1975 at #307 (747 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1956–1992
- Highest: 1 in 1,952 girls born in 1975 were named Chandra (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 38.8% of all girls named Chandra (6,698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,742 (1935) | #3,742 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,999 (1949) | #3,459 |
| 1950s | 907 | #647 (1958) | #1,490 |
| 1960s | 3,145 | #377 (1969) | #600 |
| 1970s | 6,698 | #307 (1975) | #341 |
| 1980s | 4,285 | #396 (1980) | #502 |
| 1990s | 1,629 | #742 (1990) | #1,220 |
| 2000s | 468 | #2,048 (2001) | #3,747 |
| 2010s | 91 | #6,855 (2011) | #11,013 |
| 2020s | 8 | #11,169 (2023) | #11,169 |
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.
Chandra in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 11,179 of them was named Chandra, which outranked 89.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).