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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,375 of them was named Chandra, which outranked 97.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 273,640 of them was named Chandra, which outranked 25.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #4,554Ziad7
- #4,554Zubin7
- #5,059Chandra6
- #5,059Aamir6
- #5,059Aaren6
- #5,059Abdel6
- #5,772Aalon5
- #5,772Aaraon5
- #5,772Abbas5
Tied with 712 names at #5,059; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.