Calandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAN-dra
- Origin
- Italian
Calandra is a girls' name of Italian origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Calandra come from?
Italian: perhaps from Italian calandra, a kind of lark
Is Calandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Calandra is a girls' name.
How popular is Calandra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1972, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Calandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 63 | #1,731 |
| 1978 | 88 | #1,347 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,239 |
| 1973 | 75 | #1,339 |
| 1972 | 103 | #1,096 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,237 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,430 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,975 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Calandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Bianca, Christina, Briana, Brianna, Cassandra, Melissa, Kiara, Angela, Samantha, Clarissa, Jessica
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calandra, updated 20 October 2026.