first name
CHANDA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,658 people named Chanda, 50.7% reported their origin as White, 28.5% as Black and 12.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chanda peaked in 1976, when 418 babies got the name.
At least 6,094 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Chanda by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #961. The largest share of babies named Chanda, 66%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chanda is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chanda has been most common in Louisiana (2.4×), Georgia (2.1×), and North Carolina (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).
4,006 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Chanda
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chanda, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chanda ranks #23,761 of 156,621, with 1,101 people. See Chanda as a last name
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