Girls' name · peaked in 1975

Chandra name popularity since 1925

17,349 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Chandra. Half of them were born in 1976 or earlier, so the typical Chandra is about 50 years old in 2026. Chandra peaked in 1975 as the #307 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 17,349; Named Chandra, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1975; #307 for girls that year
Typical age: About 50; Median birth year 1976
In 2025: Unranked; Fewer than 5 girls named Chandra in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.6% girls; 17,283 girls · 66 boys
Most popular in: Mississippi; 2.35× its national share

Peak year is the year Chandra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Chandra births per year, 1925–2025

1975 was the biggest year for Chandra both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1964 and 1969, Chandra became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 7,290 baby girls to 1 in 2,770.
Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 4,760 to 1 in 9,270.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Chandra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Chandra.

Decade by decade

Babies named Chandra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	6	0	#3,820
1940s	46	0	#4,096
1950s	907	0	#1,119
1960s	3,145	8	#567
1970s	6,698	39	#307
1980s	4,285	14	#496
1990s	1,629	5	#1,247
2000s	468	0	#3,467
2010s	91	0	#13,300
2020–25	8	0	Under 5

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

54.5% of babies named Chandra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Chandra is most popular

The index compares Chandra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Chandra.

State	Index	Babies
Mississippi	2.35×	422
Georgia	2.07×	845
Louisiana	1.85×	491
Tennessee	1.81×	564
Colorado	1.79×	327

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Chandra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Chandra.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Chandra (1975).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data