Chandara — boys' name
41 babies named Chandara in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
41 boys have been named Chandara since 1986, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 41
- total births
- 1986–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Chandara was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Chandara in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chandara
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Chandara between 1986 and 1993, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chandara currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Chandara is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chandara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Chandara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chandara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chandara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chandara at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chandara popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1986
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
41 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 10 births in a single year.
Chandara popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1985 (Chandara as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chandara accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chandara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 61% of Chandara's all-time total
Chandara decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chandara's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Chandara by state
Where Chandara concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 14.6% |
6 of 41 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.