Chandler

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 22% girls / 78% boys

Meaning

Chandler is a unisex given name, usually applied to males, and likely derived from surnames reflecting the occupational term chandlery.

From Wikipedia

Chandler first appears in the data in 1900 and has been recorded in 117 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 2,395 babies (rank #151 that year). In 2024 it was given to 348 boys (rank #738). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Chandler

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Chandler yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

46,235
Total babies (all years)
117
Years in the data
2,395
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19005#1,350
19076#1,220
19096#1,299
19115#1,782
191218#1,103
19139#1,968
191422#1,270
191524#1,377
191626#1,344
191728#1,297
191825#1,452
191936#1,165
192039#1,141
192126#1,485
192237#1,183
192325#1,512
192426#1,495
192527#1,427
192627#1,408
192728#1,411
192822#1,612
192921#1,624
193014#2,096
193128#1,306
193218#1,726
193325#1,336
193429#1,244
193525#1,363
193620#1,511
193723#1,413
193814#1,913
193923#1,399
194011#2,202
194115#1,831
194224#1,427
194323#1,465
194420#1,533
194518#1,590
194622#1,518
194732#1,300
194819#1,714
194921#1,622
195023#1,540
195122#1,604
195217#1,870
195316#1,972
195424#1,563
195523#1,616
195626#1,539
195732#1,393
195822#1,686
195925#1,597
196028#1,528
196131#1,440
196228#1,481
196331#1,405
196431#1,408
196527#1,491
196634#1,304
196750#1,032
196850#1,048
196983#843
1970103#801
197199#812
197294#827
197358#1,068
197445#1,249
197566#1,010
197666#1,021
197748#1,291
197863#1,099
197970#1,059
198066#1,112
198170#1,083
198290#944
198388#942
1984118#804
1985120#810
1986142#761
1987199#649
1988224#637
1989301#557
1990396#486
1991468#456
1992554#409
1993661#358
1994704#348
19951,856#177
19962,186#157
19971,796#184
19981,952#173
19992,395#151
20002,131#174
20011,792#205
20021,417#238
20031,270#260
20041,130#282
2005870#340
2006753#401
2007675#427
2008608#456
2009579#472
2010524#495
2011615#441
2012598#455
2013675#430
2014730#421
2015732#423
2016654#467
2017595#490
2018567#505
2019480#581
2020490#569
2021459#604
2022432#640
2023390#687
2024348#738