Girls' name · since 1971
Chandel
Chandel has 143 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chandel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 143 recorded since 1971.
Chandel has 143 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1996.
- #23,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chandel ranks #23,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chandel's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chandel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chandel's full recorded timeline at 1986, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chandel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1996
- Peak year (1991)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Chandel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Chandel's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Chandel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Chandel's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 1990s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chandel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1971–1996 (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 Chandel 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.