How Many People Are Named Chanda?
people named Chanda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,471 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,094 babies named Chanda in Social Security records from 1947 to 2009, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
418 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "fierce, hot, passionate" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form चण्ड and the feminine form चण्डा (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Chanda (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chanda alive today is about 47 years old, and 91% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chanda first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 1976, to 418 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2009.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2009
🏆 Rank History
Chanda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #460, in 1976.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #460 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #536 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chanda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chanda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 383 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chanda was given 2.4 times as often in Georgia, 2.2 times in Louisiana and 2.1 times in North Carolina.
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