Mandy

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 3,100 births
Debut · girls
34 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,465
since 1880

Mandy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #94, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,46031
2024#4,11435
2023#3,83339
2022#3,53644
2021#3,93537
2020#3,67640
2019#2,68164
2018#2,64765
2017#2,43274
2016#2,28783
2015#2,55570
2014#1,908105
2013#2,23683
2012#1,940101
2011#1,953101
2010#1,913105
2009#1,521149
2008#1,562147
2007#1,133227
2006#1,056242
2005#920270
2004#845291
2003#949246
2002#936239
2001#946234
2000#981216
1999#939223
1998#1,176159#8,4796
1997#850240
1996#786264
1995#792251
1994#757275
1993#658338
1992#642351
1991#562416#6,5197
1990#466526
1989#424585#6,9416
1988#312796
1987#264958#6,9515
1986#2461,057#5,9266
1985#2061,268#4,3339
1984#2321,094
1983#1981,344#4,4998
1982#1711,714#4,2349
1981#1362,088#4,1539
1980#1322,231#6,2505
1979#1162,720#3,01814
1978#963,110#2,92914
1977#943,100#3,03713
1976#1002,924#3,09512
1975#1062,710#3,6599
1974#434446
1973#471385
1972#527322
1971#592294
1970#681233
1969#677215
1968#647225
1967#699196
1966#705193
1965#732185
1964#669233
1963#785175
1962#776180#3,6406
1961#879147
1960#854147
1959#843146
1958#911127
1957#855141
1956#1,07691
1955#1,57942
1954#1,73935
1953#1,53141
1952#1,54039
1951#1,46241
1950#1,43341
1949#1,46939
1948#1,42242
1947#1,31848
1946#1,33742
1945#1,29238
1944#1,20543
1943#1,12451
1942#1,13748
1941#1,16641
1940#1,11442
1939#1,02248
1938#1,15939
1937#1,09942
1936#1,00347
1935#1,13538
1934#1,04744
1933#95751
1932#90560
1931#87661
1930#1,00254
1929#1,06447
1928#85472
1927#76190
1926#79084
1925#74798
1924#85377
1923#76091
1922#77489
1921#722103
1920#77189
1919#700100
1918#682111
1917#77579
1916#69597
1915#73183
1914#60189
1913#72152
1912#63261
1911#54859
1910#47272
1909#47961
1908#52748
1907#50051
1906#48650
1905#41367
1904#45651
1903#44252
1902#43451
1901#40454
1900#38176
1899#44343
1898#43450
1897#47736
1896#38753
1895#39152
1894#37256
1893#38350
1892#35156
1891#36546
1890#36448
1889#36244
1888#31458
1887#35437
1886#24869
1885#26655
1884#30440
1883#29435
1882#27141
1881#25140
1880#26534
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mandy was already there! It came in at #265, and was given to 34 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 45 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mandy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 346 spots since 2024 (#4,114#4,460)
  • 784 spots since 2020 (#3,676#4,460)
  • 1,905 spots since 2015 (#2,555#4,460)
  • Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1975 (#434#106)
  • Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1998 (#850#1,176)
Rise & fade · girls
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1977 at #94 (3,100 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1976–1978
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 493
  • Highest: 1 in 493 girls born in 1978 were named Mandy (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #94 in 1977, was only 1 in 495 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.3% of all girls named Mandy (16,244) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #248 (1886) → #1,739 (1954) → #94 (1977)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s453#248 (1886)#293
1890s490#351 (1892)#397
1900s561#381 (1900)#452
1910s803#472 (1910)#656
1920s840#722 (1921)#810
1930s484#876 (1931)#1,021
1940s434#1,114 (1940)#1,258
1950s744#843 (1959)#1,297
1960s1,896#647 (1968)#742
1970s16,244#94 (1977)#322
1980s13,135#132 (1980)#232
1990s3,043#466 (1990)#763
2000s2,261#845 (2004)#1,085
2010s851#1,908 (2014)#2,255
2020s226#3,536 (2022)#3,926

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mandy in 1979

girls
#116
2,720 births · 1 in 590 girls
boys
#3,018
14 births · 1 in 122,967 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #116Mandy2,720

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #3,018Mandy14
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 590 of them was named Mandy, which outranked 99.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mandy
  1. #113Lindsey2,758
  2. #114Linda2,739
  3. #115Anne2,734
  4. #116Mandy2,720
  5. #117Sharon2,689
  6. #118Beth2,688
  7. #119Victoria2,674
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 122,967 of them was named Mandy, which outranked 57.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mandy
  1. #2,897Waymond15
  2. #2,897Wendall15
  3. #2,897Weylin15
  4. #3,018Mandy14
  5. #3,018Albino14
  6. #3,018Alok14
  7. #3,018Amiel14
  8. #3,168Aaren13
  9. #3,168Abbas13
  10. #3,168Adama13

Tied with 149 names at #3,018; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979