Chandra
Chandra, also known as Soma, is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha and Dikpala.
- Hinduism
- Bengali
- Assamese
- Hindi
Meaning & Origin of Chandra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Chandra, also known as Soma, is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha and Dikpala.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Bengali
- Assamese
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Telugu
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Nepali
The Story of Chandra
Chandra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1935, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 747 births, good for #307 nationwide. About 39% of every Chandra on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Chandra last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Chandra
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About the name Chandra
Chandra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 17K births in the dataset. Chandra's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #307. Use the chart and map above to compare Chandra's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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