Chandy — girls' name
91 babies named Chandy in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
91 girls have been named Chandy since 1970, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1995.
- 91
- total births
- 1970–1995
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Chandy was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Chandy in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chandy
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Chandy between 1970 and 1995, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chandy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chandy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chandy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chandy 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 91 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.
Chandy at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chandy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1970
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
91 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 10 births in a single year.
Chandy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 52 births that decade — 57% of Chandy's all-time total
Chandy decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chandy's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1970–1995 (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.