How Many People Are Named Chandra?
people named Chandra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,026 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,349 babies named Chandra in Social Security records from 1935 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
753 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (chand) meaning "to shine". This is a transcription of the masculine form चण्ड (a name of the moon in Hindu texts which is often personified as a deity) as well as the feminine form चण्डा.
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 Chandra (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Chandra alive today is about 48 years old, and 82% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Chandra first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1975, to 753 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Chandra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #307, in 1975.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #307 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #345 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Chandra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chandra were born in California than in any other state: about 1,526 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Chandra was given 2.5 times as often in Mississippi, 2.3 times in Georgia and 2 times in Tennessee.
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