Chandler
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Used for both: 54% of US babies named Chandler in 2025 were boys
Boy’s name · from a surname · /ˈt͡ʃɑːndlə(ɹ)/
What Chandler means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Chandler yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Used for both: 54% of US babies named Chandler in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Chandler?
▼ 18 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #423 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 2,395 boys got the name (#151 that year). First in the US records in 1900.
How common
- About 1 in 4,994 baby boys in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in AR (0.87 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.84 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.73 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Chandler is #753 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #753 | 342 | 1 in 4,994 | #423 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 53.6% of US babies named Chandler were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 296 | 342 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 10,385 | 36,507 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 9 | 443 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
How to say it
IPA from Wiktionary.
Spelling variants on Wiktionary
- Chander
Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.
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Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Chandler’s. Rank is US 2025.
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