Meaning and history
Chandra is a Sanskrit name meaning “moon,” derived from चन्द (cand), “to shine.” It transcribes both the masculine form चण्ड, the personified moon god, and the feminine form चण्डा, written with a long final vowel.
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 39 births, rank #3,854
2007: 29 births, rank #4,944
2008: 22 births, rank #6,130
20092009: 23 births, rank #5,891
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
2011: 18 births, rank #6,855
2012: 10 births, rank #10,429
2013: 13 births, rank #8,580
20142014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 7 births, rank #13,006
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 16 births, rank #7,092
2018: 6 births, rank #13,793
20192019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
20232023: 8 births, rank #11,169
Chandra moved from #822 to #964 for girls between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1975, with 747 births.