Sandy

#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 86.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#126
1960 · 3,647 births
Debut · girls
1914
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
69,072
since 1914

Sandy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #126, 1960peak #325, 1886girlsboys
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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#2,99855#6,80312
2024#3,22549#7,25711
2023#2,58868#6,51713
2022#2,75662#7,76810
2021#2,89258#9,7147
2020#2,58066#8,0679
2019#2,30578#8,2159
2018#2,33478#6,03614
2017#2,00798#7,54610
2016#2,22186#9,6647
2015#1,894107#8,0409
2014#1,643130#6,63212
2013#1,599134#9,6557
2012#1,575138#6,00114
2011#1,829110#5,67515
2010#1,328177#6,35913
2009#1,284189#7,69210
2008#1,130228#6,39313
2007#1,030256#5,43416
2006#1,024250#5,78114
2005#868292#3,81524
2004#799317#5,00716
2003#827296#4,11420
2002#763317#4,32218
2001#741322#4,30218
2000#647386#3,64022
1999#686330#3,59121
1998#639361#2,65131
1997#619361#2,44933
1996#572405#2,14539
1995#518468#2,25335
1994#512486#2,44431
1993#505489#1,87544
1992#464531#1,51059
1991#408627#2,01937
1990#379694#1,61551
1989#357719#1,39861
1988#412565#1,24967
1987#400569#1,28358
1986#378609#1,25559
1985#378602#1,08373
1984#333701#1,09667
1983#356636#1,10765
1982#317765#1,07272
1981#300803#91496
1980#289858#1,09868
1979#273888#1,17759
1978#313734#1,00574
1977#305785#1,01272
1976#291787#87591
1975#285841#87091
1974#293814#785104
1973#280873#84388
1972#2551,056#760109
1971#2661,083#748119
1970#2501,246#734125
1969#2411,241#670139
1968#2181,397#622147
1967#2131,416#548184
1966#1941,680#527209
1965#1931,706#530210
1964#1682,347#569194
1963#1442,802#528226
1962#1403,054#520232
1961#1353,420#503250
1960#1263,647#591175
1959#1333,276#533218
1958#1562,567#518220
1957#1881,891#524217
1956#2491,127#486245
1955#312751#480233
1954#332649#444268
1953#378511#507191
1952#393440#487209
1951#381461#507179
1950#344515#489189
1949#294689#482187
1948#246932#529158
1947#1971,354#455217
1946#2061,179#482176
1945#220866#530127
1944#229820#554119
1943#244784#524143
1942#263677#584113
1941#286506#60398
1940#326382#62690
1939#420260#71769
1938#495181#73669
1937#655108#67179
1936#86262#68874
1935#84966#74168
1934#1,16637#68279
1933#1,28931#68575
1932#1,38229#67781
1931#3,2268#71772
1930#2,30614#73075
1929#1,82520#77169
1928#2,76811#76771
1927#2,16917#70285
1926#1,93220#74574
1925#2,28316#77672
1924#3,14410#78274
1923#2,73212#77772
1922#3,15210#81868
1921—#76876
1920#3,9577#86562
1919#3,4528#74774
1918#4,2916#82463
1917#4,5945#74969
1916—#89249
1915#3,4347#81656
1914#2,8767#69754
1913—#68144
1912—#62244
1911—#62424
1910—#46135
1909—#45331
1908—#46328
1907—#44827
1906—#54718
1905—#36033
1904—#48220
1903—#59514
1902—#49019
1901—#55913
1900—#49022
1899—#48116
1898—#50517
1897—#7259
1896—#59213
1895—#43720
1894—#43919
1893—#65010
1892—#38025
1891—#39719
1890—#53313
1889—#41519
1888—#39822
1887—#37719
1886—#32527
1885—#41119
1884—#57011
1883—#34623
1882—#41619
1881—#46014
1880—#40318
First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Sandy! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sandy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 227 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #2,998)
  • 418 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #2,998)
  • 1,104 spots since 2015 (#1,894 → #2,998)
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1935 (#1,166 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 2006 (#868 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1960 at #126 (3,647 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1935–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 554
  • Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1960 were named Sandy (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 32.9% of all girls named Sandy (22,710) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1937
  • Mostly boys until 1936, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#2,876 (1914)#3,729
1920s123#1,825 (1929)#2,662
1930s796#420 (1939)#1,265
1940s8,189#197 (1947)#251
1950s12,188#133 (1959)#287
1960s22,710#126 (1960)#177
1970s9,107#250 (1970)#281
1980s6,827#289 (1980)#352
1990s4,752#379 (1990)#530
2000s2,853#647 (2000)#911
2010s1,136#1,328 (2010)#1,874
2020s358#2,580 (2020)#2,840

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.

Sandy in 2010

girls
#1,328
177 births · 1 in 10,043 girls
boys
#6,359
13 births · 1 in 147,590 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #1,328Sandy177

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #6,359Sandy13
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 10,043 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 93.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandy
  1. #1,317Shirley178
  2. #1,317Stevie178
  3. #1,317Tinley178
  4. #1,328Sandy177
  5. #1,328Amariah177
  6. #1,328Brandy177
  7. #1,328Gisele177
  8. #1,336Amia176
  9. #1,336Brookelyn176
  10. #1,336Calleigh176

Tied with 7 names at #1,328; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 147,590 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 55.4% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandy
  1. #6,036Zebulun14
  2. #6,036Zoltan14
  3. #6,036Zymarion14
  4. #6,359Sandy13
  5. #6,359Aadhav13
  6. #6,359Abhimanyu13
  7. #6,359Abir13
  8. #6,698Aareon12
  9. #6,698Aariv12
  10. #6,698Abelino12

Tied with 338 names at #6,359; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →