first name
CHANDRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,391 people named Chandra, 38.5% reported their origin as White, 29.9% as Black and 23.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 86.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chandra peaked in 1975, when 753 babies got the name.
At least 17,349 babies have been given the name since 1935. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Chandra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #637. The largest share of babies named Chandra, 54.5%, 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. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Chandra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chandra has been most common in Mississippi (2.3×), Georgia (2×), and Colorado (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.24×).
14,625 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 Chandra
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chandra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chandra ranks #7,133 of 156,621, with 4,513 people. See Chandra as a last name
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