Chenda

Girls' name

From Khmer ចិន្ដា; literal meaning unconfirmed

Chenda has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Chenda, 1986

1 in 593,000

Chenda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Chenda: meaning, origin, and history

From Khmer ចិន្ដា; literal meaning unconfirmed

Khmer

What Chenda means

Chenda is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Chenda is used in English. Its origins include Khmer.

Chenda comes through Khmer ចិន្ដា.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 23 girls were recorded with the name Chenda between 1975 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1981; its best national rank was #9,312 in 1975.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Chenda?

Chenda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1986: 1 in 593,000; 6 of 3,556,724 births
Among girls only: 1 in 286,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1986: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 410,890 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Chenda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1986 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 410,890 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Chenda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Chendas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Chenda was born before 1984 — so the typical Chenda is around 41 today.

Median birth year: 1984; About 41 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 78.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 78.3% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Chenda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1981 (6)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,312; 1975

Spellings of Chenda

Chenda is not the most common spelling — Brenda is, with 59.1% against Chenda's <0.01%.

Brenda59.1%608,478
Rhonda20.2%208,069
Glenda10.6%109,227
Chandra1.7%17,283
Chana1.4%13,921
Shanda0.78%7,997
Shonda0.72%7,444
Theda0.64%6,556

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Chenda around the world

Where Chenda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1984–1984
#455
in 1984

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Chenda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,312; 1975
Peak year: 1981; 6 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 1986
All-time count: 23
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Chenda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Chenda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shamika Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Latrice Sharonda

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Donnell Ashley

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