Chandler

A unisex name of Old French origin, meaning candle maker or seller.

Babies a year
836
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#753
down from #738
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Chandler has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#361#588#815201520202025#753

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#423
2016#467
2017#489
2018#505
2019#582
2020#569
2021#605
2022#640
2023#687
2024#738
2025#753

Chandler by the numbers

Chandler was given to 836 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 2,395 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 980 American babies born that year was called Chandler.

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