Candra
Girl · KAN-dra
Candra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Candra come from?
Uncertain; perhaps from Candace or Sandra, or a spelling of Sanskrit Chandra 'moon'
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Is Candra a girl's or a boy's name?
Candra is a girls' name.
How popular is Candra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Candra in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,586 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 87 | #1,459 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,726 |
| 1984 | 87 | #1,362 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,050 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Names like Candra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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