Unisex name · since 1973
Chandar
Chandar has 13 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,042 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
13 boys have been named Chandar since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chandar has 13 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1973.
- #32,042 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chandar ranks #32,042 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,042 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chandar's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chandar popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Chandar popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1972 (Chandar as girls' name)
Chandar by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Chandar's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Chandar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chandar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chandar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.