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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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 1986

girls
#246
1,057 births · 1 in 1,623 girls
boys
#5,926
6 births · 1 in 306,919 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #246Mandy1,057

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #5,926Mandy6
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 1,623 of them was named Mandy, which outranked 98.1% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mandy
  1. #243Nina1,073
  2. #244Mindy1,072
  3. #245Sophia1,060
  4. #246Mandy1,057
  5. #247Marisa1,054
  6. #248Elise1,043
  7. #249Joy1,036
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 306,919 of them was named Mandy, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mandy
  1. #5,332Zebulin7
  2. #5,332Zeeshan7
  3. #5,332Ziad7
  4. #5,926Mandy6
  5. #5,926Aaric6
  6. #5,926Aarin6
  7. #5,926Abayomi6
  8. #6,721Aalok5
  9. #6,721Aamer5
  10. #6,721Aaronjames5

Tied with 794 names at #5,926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986