Chandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Chandra is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “moon”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chandra mean?
Sanskrit
“moon”
A unisex given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Chandra is a girls' name.
How popular is Chandra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 747 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the girls named Chandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,044 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,911 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 1996 | 125 | #1,346 |
| 1995 | 137 | #1,243 |
| 1994 | 151 | #1,167 |
| 1993 | 182 | #1,015 |
| 1992 | 199 | #961 |
| 1991 | 250 | #820 |
| 1990 | 280 | #741 |
| 1989 | 294 | #687 |
| 1988 | 338 | #594 |
| 1987 | 365 | #548 |
| 1986 | 398 | #519 |
| 1985 | 409 | #496 |
| 1984 | 429 | #477 |
| 1983 | 462 | #445 |
| 1982 | 478 | #448 |
| 1981 | 539 | #409 |
| 1980 | 573 | #396 |
| 1979 | 556 | #391 |
| 1978 | 645 | #337 |
| 1977 | 664 | #341 |
| 1976 | 682 | #326 |
| 1975 | 747 | #307 |
| 1974 | 713 | #318 |
| 1973 | 653 | #338 |
| 1972 | 660 | #341 |
| 1971 | 683 | #356 |
| 1970 | 695 | #357 |
| 1969 | 608 | #377 |
| 1968 | 483 | #432 |
| 1967 | 405 | #470 |
| 1966 | 349 | #504 |
| 1965 | 284 | #567 |
| 1964 | 260 | #632 |
| 1963 | 229 | #665 |
| 1962 | 187 | #761 |
| 1961 | 187 | #761 |
| 1960 | 153 | #832 |
| 1959 | 181 | #755 |
| 1958 | 232 | #647 |
| 1957 | 165 | #781 |
| 1956 | 113 | #947 |
| 1955 | 79 | #1,117 |
| 1954 | 57 | #1,316 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
Names like Chandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassandra Christina Melissa Tara Lisa Ana Angela Vanessa Cara Rebecca Jessica Lara
Names related to Chandra
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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, “Chandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chandra, updated 20 October 2026.