Chanda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAHN-da
Chanda is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Chanda come from?
20th-century American name of uncertain origin
Is Chanda a girl's or a boy's name?
Chanda is a girls' name.
How popular is Chanda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 418 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Chanda in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chanda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,622 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,441 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,441 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,229 |
| 1987 | 136 | #1,106 |
| 1986 | 122 | #1,163 |
| 1985 | 83 | #1,482 |
| 1984 | 86 | #1,368 |
| 1983 | 113 | #1,165 |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,083 |
| 1981 | 189 | #831 |
| 1980 | 190 | #824 |
| 1979 | 263 | #663 |
| 1978 | 312 | #562 |
| 1977 | 412 | #469 |
| 1976 | 418 | #460 |
| 1975 | 401 | #467 |
| 1974 | 371 | #478 |
| 1973 | 340 | #507 |
| 1972 | 308 | #541 |
| 1971 | 327 | #550 |
| 1970 | 250 | #651 |
| 1969 | 202 | #698 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,177 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,736 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
Names like Chanda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Chanda
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, “Chanda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chanda, updated 20 October 2026.