Chanler — boys' name
458 babies named Chanler in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Chanler was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Chanler in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chanler
The Social Security Administration has registered 458 babies named Chanler between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chanler currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Chanler is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 176 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chanler performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chanler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Chanler in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chanler 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 458 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.
Chanler at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chanler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990
- Peak year (2001)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
458 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 29 births in a single year.
Chanler popularity over time — girls
176 total births recorded since 1992 (Chanler as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Chanler accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chanler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 204 births that decade — 45% of Chanler's all-time total
Chanler decade highlights
- Peak decade 204 births
- Runner-up 125 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chanler's strongest decade
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Chanler by state
Where Chanler concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 458 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.1% 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, 1990–2022 (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.