# Chandler (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chandler/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mondler |
| Variant spellings | Candler, Chander |
| US babies named this | 46,892 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36,507 / 10,385 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 452, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 140 | 1,565 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,417 |
| 2013 | 196 | 1,231 |
| 2014 | 223 | 1,128 |
| 2015 | 249 | 1,059 |
| 2016 | 265 | 998 |
| 2017 | 250 | 1,033 |
| 2018 | 257 | 1,010 |
| 2019 | 284 | 930 |
| 2020 | 263 | 968 |
| 2021 | 303 | 892 |
| 2022 | 291 | 928 |
| 2023 | 296 | 901 |
| 2024 | 297 | 896 |
| 2025 | 296 | 895 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 615 | 441 |
| 2012 | 598 | 455 |
| 2013 | 675 | 430 |
| 2014 | 731 | 421 |
| 2015 | 732 | 423 |
| 2016 | 655 | 467 |
| 2017 | 597 | 489 |
| 2018 | 567 | 505 |
| 2019 | 480 | 582 |
| 2020 | 491 | 569 |
| 2021 | 460 | 604 |
| 2022 | 433 | 640 |
| 2023 | 391 | 687 |
| 2024 | 355 | 735 |
| 2025 | 342 | 753 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | 1,851 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Chandler

- Chandler Riggs, American actor
- Chandler Canterbury, American actor
- Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist, children's writer (1848–1908)
- Chandler Parsons, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Henry Chandler Cowles, American botanist (1869-1939)
- Chandler Stephenson, Canadian ice hockey forward
- Chandler Massey, American actor
- Howard Chandler Christy, American artist (1873–1952)
- Chandler Hutchison, American basketball player
- Chandler Jones, American football player (born 1990)
- Chandler Robbins, American ornithologist and natural history writer (1918–2017)
- Chandler Kinney, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.