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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#184 · 1 in 857
- Alabama#185 · 1 in 862
- Mississippi#195 · 1 in 867
- Colorado#213 · 1 in 984
- Tennessee#213 · 1 in 1,089
Best ever in a state: #127 in Colorado, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #184 | 42 | 1 in 857 |
| Alabama | #185 | 28 | 1 in 862 |
| Mississippi | #195 | 20 | 1 in 867 |
| Colorado | #213 | 16 | 1 in 984 |
| Tennessee | #213 | 26 | 1 in 1,089 |
| Arkansas | #230 | 12 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Louisiana | #230 | 25 | 1 in 1,061 |
| District of Columbia | #238 | 7 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Iowa | #254 | 11 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Kansas | #270 | 9 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Missouri | #282 | 19 | 1 in 1,646 |
| North Carolina | #282 | 21 | 1 in 1,747 |
| South Carolina | #283 | 12 | 1 in 1,600 |
| Florida | #285 | 28 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Illinois | #285 | 46 | 1 in 1,622 |
| Nebraska | #305 | 5 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Michigan | #309 | 31 | 1 in 1,997 |
| Oklahoma | #311 | 9 | 1 in 1,811 |
| Texas | #329 | 54 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Indiana | #342 | 15 | 1 in 2,469 |
| Virginia | #356 | 11 | 1 in 2,691 |
| Minnesota | #357 | 8 | 1 in 3,008 |
| California | #362 | 67 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Utah | #366 | 5 | 1 in 2,106 |
| Wisconsin | #378 | 8 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Ohio | #408 | 20 | 1 in 3,722 |
| Washington | #408 | 7 | 1 in 2,741 |
| Connecticut | #422 | 5 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Maryland | #480 | 5 | 1 in 4,116 |
| New York | #483 | 32 | 1 in 3,464 |
| Arizona | #484 | 5 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Massachusetts | #565 | 5 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Pennsylvania | #574 | 12 | 1 in 6,009 |
| New Jersey | #633 | 7 | 1 in 5,819 |
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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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,305 of them was named Chandra, which outranked 96.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 231,658 of them was named Chandra, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,622Yamil8
- #3,622Yvette8
- #3,622Zenas8
- #3,963Chandra7
- #3,963Abayomi7
- #3,963Abdon7
- #3,963Adolf7
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
Tied with 477 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.