Meaning and history
From an occupational surname meaning “candle seller” or “candle maker” in Middle English, ultimately derived from Latin candela through Old French, Chandler became much more popular after the 1994 debut of the American sitcom Friends, which featured a character with this name.
20062006: 753 births, rank #400
2007: 675 births, rank #427
2008: 609 births, rank #455
2009: 579 births, rank #472
2010: 524 births, rank #495
20112011: 615 births, rank #441
2012: 598 births, rank #455
2013: 675 births, rank #430
2014: 731 births, rank #421
2015: 732 births, rank #423
20162016: 655 births, rank #466
2017: 597 births, rank #489
2018: 567 births, rank #505
2019: 480 births, rank #582
2020: 491 births, rank #569
20212021: 460 births, rank #604
2022: 433 births, rank #640
2023: 391 births, rank #687
2024: 355 births, rank #735
20252025: 342 births, rank #753
Chandler moved from #735 to #753 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1999, with 2,395 births.