Chandler

#895 for girls in 2025, 296 births · #753 for boys in 2025, 342 births
Given to boys 77.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#151
1999 · 2,395 births
Debut · boys
1900
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,507
since 1900

Chandler over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #349, 1993peak #151, 1999girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#895296#753342
2024#896297#735355
2023#900296#687391
2022#927291#640433
2021#891303#604460
2020#968263#569491
2019#930284#582480
2018#1,009257#505567
2017#1,033250#489597
2016#996265#466655
2015#1,055249#423732
2014#1,128223#421731
2013#1,227196#430675
2012#1,416161#455598
2011#1,564140#441615
2010#1,769116#495524
2009#2,041100#472579
2008#1,789122#455609
2007#1,645135#427675
2006#1,615132#400753
2005#1,378156#340870
2004#1,480136#2821,130
2003#1,227172#2601,270
2002#986223#2381,417
2001#925240#2051,792
2000#711326#1742,131
1999#560447#1512,395
1998#586412#1731,952
1997#565416#1841,796
1996#485493#1572,187
1995#353744#1771,856
1994#444570#348704
1993#349733#358661
1992#541437#408554
1991#1,65690#456468
1990#1,73384#485397
1989#1,96565#556301
1988#2,59741#637224
1987#2,72336#646199
1986#4,02820#760142
1985#5,07714#810120
1984#4,16618#803118
1983#3,68721#94288
1982#4,16718#94390
1981#4,16218#1,08470
1980#3,99219#1,11166
1979#8,0617#1,05670
1978#9,7505#1,09963
1977#7,5677#1,28948
1976#7,2967#1,01966
1975—#1,00766
1974#6,2588#1,24445
1973#8,4235#1,06858
1972#7,2926#82694
1971—#81199
1970#7,9955#800103
1969—#84183
1968—#1,04750
1967—#1,03050
1966—#1,29934
1965—#1,48327
1964—#1,40831
1963—#1,40331
1962#4,26310#1,47928
1961—#1,43931
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,58825
1958—#1,67722
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,53226
1955—#1,61123
1954—#1,55924
1953—#1,95816
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,59822
1950—#1,53823
1949—#1,61621
1948—#1,70319
1947—#1,29732
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,58118
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,46123
1942—#1,42124
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,17911
1939—#1,39023
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,40323
1936—#1,50520
1935—#1,35425
1934—#1,24129
1933—#1,33025
1932—#1,71618
1931—#1,30228
1930—#2,07914
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,61122
1927—#1,40728
1926—#1,40427
1925—#1,42527
1924—#1,49226
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,18137
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,13939
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,44625
1917—#1,29128
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,37224
1914—#1,26022
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,09518
1911—#1,7405
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First appearance
1900

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.

See more about Chandler
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1999 at #151 (2,395 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 802
  • Highest: 1 in 802 boys born in 1999 were named Chandler (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,994 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Chandler (12,970) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s17#1,200 (1907)#1,262
1910s193#1,095 (1912)#1,405
1920s278#1,139 (1920)#1,425
1930s219#1,241 (1934)#1,522
1940s205#1,297 (1947)#1,611
1950s230#1,388 (1957)#1,631
1960s393#841 (1969)#1,295
1970s712#800 (1970)#1,022
1980s1,418#556 (1989)#829
1990s12,970#151 (1999)#290
2000s11,226#174 (2000)#325
2010s6,174#421 (2014)#471
2020s2,472#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 1981

girls
#4,162
18 births · 1 in 92,670 girls
boys
#1,084
70 births · 1 in 25,588 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #4,162Chandler18

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #1,084Chandler70
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 92,670 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 65.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chandler
  1. #4,005Venetia19
  2. #4,005Vincenza19
  3. #4,005Yashira19
  4. #4,162Chandler18
  5. #4,162Adelaide18
  6. #4,162Africa18
  7. #4,162Aimie18
  8. #4,344Ahsley17
  9. #4,344Ainsley17
  10. #4,344Alayne17

Tied with 181 names at #4,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 25,588 of them was named Chandler, which outranked 85.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Chandler
  1. #1,077Mitch71
  2. #1,077Nehemiah71
  3. #1,077Rey71
  4. #1,084Chandler70
  5. #1,084Dameon70
  6. #1,084Dujuan70
  7. #1,084Ivory70
  8. #1,095Brien69
  9. #1,095Demetris69
  10. #1,095Deron69

Tied with 10 names at #1,084; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →