Girls' name · since 1994
Chandini
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Chandini, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chandini sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1994.
Chandini has 34 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2009.
- #39,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chandini ranks #39,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chandini's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chandini's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chandini's full recorded timeline at 2003, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chandini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2009
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Chandini by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Chandini's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Chandini births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chandini: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 1994–2009 (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 Chandini 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.