Chandrika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chandrika

The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Chandrika between 1968 and 2002, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chandrika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chandrika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chandrika 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 . In total, SSA state-level files list Chandrika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chandrika 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 161 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.