Chanler
Mostly boys · CHAN-ler · English
Chanler is a name of English origin, meaning “candle maker”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chanler mean?
English: variant of the occupational surname Chandler
“candle maker”
A form of Chandler, the medieval name for a maker or seller of candles.
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- CHAN-ler
Is Chanler a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Chanler has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Chanler in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Chanler in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2001, 26% of the babies named Chanler in the US were girls.
Chanler in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
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