The first name Chanda
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Chanda last appeared in the official list in 1997, given to 4 girls.
4
babies named Chanda, 1996–2025
#3,174
rank in 1997
1997
peak year
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Chanda with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Chanda at birth, 1880–2025
In 2009, 7 girls born in the United States were named Chanda, the 13,995th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1976, when 418 were.
6,094
babies named Chanda since 1880
#13,995
rank in 2009
1976
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Chanda
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Chanda RubinAmerican tennis player, born 1976
- Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinAmerican cosmologist, born 1982
- Chanda GunnAmerican ice hockey player, born 1980
Questions
- How popular is the name Chanda?
- In 1997, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Chanda, ranking 3,174th.
- Is Chanda a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,094 US babies named Chanda since 1880 were girls.
- When was Chanda most popular?
- 1976 in the United States, when 418 babies were named Chanda, its highest rank at 460th.