Chantra — unisex name
35 babies named Chantra in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 girls have been named Chantra since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 35
- total births
- 1974–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Chantra was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Chantra in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chantra
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Chantra between 1974 and 1991, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chantra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Chantra is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 19 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chantra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chantra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chantra 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 35 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.
Chantra at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chantra popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1974
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
35 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Chantra popularity over time — boys
19 total births recorded since 1987 (Chantra as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Chantra accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chantra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 20 births that decade — 57% of Chantra's all-time total
Chantra decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Chantra's strongest decade
20 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, 1974–1991 (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.