Chandi — girls' name
242 babies named Chandi in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
242 girls have been named Chandi since 1967, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2004.
- 242
- total births
- 1967–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Chandi was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Chandi in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chandi
The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Chandi between 1967 and 2004, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chandi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chandi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chandi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Chandi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chandi 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 242 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.
Chandi at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chandi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1967
- Peak year (1976)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
242 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 14 births in a single year.
Chandi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 97 births that decade — 40% of Chandi's all-time total
Chandi decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chandi's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Chandi by state
Where Chandi concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 242 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Utah 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% 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, 1967–2004 (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.