girls:
9.8k births since 1962
#1613 (72nd percentile)
boys:
35.8k births since 1900
#599 (87th percentile)
overall:
45.6k births since 1900
#1146 (85th percentile)
The name Chandler is the #1,146 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 45,581 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 85.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 85.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #599 (86.9% percentile) for all time with 35,791 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #1,613 (71.8% percentile) for all time with 9,790 births since 1962.
Chandler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1962 for girls). Birth data for Chandler is available in 116 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 53 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chandler has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 56.7% of babies named Chandler were boys.
For boys, Chandler reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 81.3% percentile (ranked #151) with 1,175 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 1,175 births per million (ranked 81.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Chandler ranks #558 for boys (38.8% percentile) with 212 births per million, which is 18.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Chandler reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 62.5% percentile (ranked #325) with 372 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 387 births per million (ranked 61.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Chandler ranks #663 for girls (30.0% percentile) with 169 births per million, which is 43.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chandler".
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