How rare is the name Chandler?

37,708 people in the United States have the first name Chandler, about 1 in 8,010. It ranks #1,095 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHANDLER

#1,095

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,708
About
1 in 8,010
This common or more
71.3%
Who bears it

Of the 37,708 people named Chandler, 76.5% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. 78.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chandler peaked in 1999, when 2,842 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
2,842
In 2025*
638 ▼78%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 46,892 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Chandler by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #358. The largest share of babies named Chandler, 48.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,75917
1910s#2,716193
1920s#2,796278
1930s#2,951219
1940s#3,340205
1950s#3,657230
1960s#2,933403
1970s#2,282762
1980s#1,5921,688
1990s#35817,396
2000s#51112,968
2010s#7608,315
2020s#8974,218
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.7%
Generation Z 1997–1248.1%
2013 and later22.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Chandler is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chandler has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Georgia (3.2×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.17×).

41,384 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 Chandler

#1,093 Leila · 37,753#1,094 Delia · 37,738#1,096 Bryant · 37,663#1,097 Malik · 37,659

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chandler, most common first.

#35,138 Chandlar · 230#37,708 Chandel · 206#47,684 Chandlor · 136

Also a last name

As a last name, Chandler ranks #440 of 156,621, with 73,879 people. See Chandler as a last name

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