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
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 3,647 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 69,072since 1914
Sandy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,998 | 55 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #2,305 | 78 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #2,334 | 78 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #2,007 | 98 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #2,221 | 86 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #1,894 | 107 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #1,643 | 130 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #1,599 | 134 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #1,575 | 138 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #1,829 | 110 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #1,328 | 177 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #1,284 | 189 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #1,130 | 228 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #1,030 | 256 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #1,024 | 250 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #868 | 292 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #799 | 317 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #827 | 296 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #763 | 317 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #741 | 322 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #647 | 386 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #686 | 330 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #639 | 361 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #619 | 361 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #572 | 405 | #2,145 | 39 |
| 1995 | #518 | 468 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #512 | 486 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #505 | 489 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #464 | 531 | #1,510 | 59 |
| 1991 | #408 | 627 | #2,019 | 37 |
| 1990 | #379 | 694 | #1,615 | 51 |
| 1989 | #357 | 719 | #1,398 | 61 |
| 1988 | #412 | 565 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #400 | 569 | #1,283 | 58 |
| 1986 | #378 | 609 | #1,255 | 59 |
| 1985 | #378 | 602 | #1,083 | 73 |
| 1984 | #333 | 701 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #356 | 636 | #1,107 | 65 |
| 1982 | #317 | 765 | #1,072 | 72 |
| 1981 | #300 | 803 | #914 | 96 |
| 1980 | #289 | 858 | #1,098 | 68 |
| 1979 | #273 | 888 | #1,177 | 59 |
| 1978 | #313 | 734 | #1,005 | 74 |
| 1977 | #305 | 785 | #1,012 | 72 |
| 1976 | #291 | 787 | #875 | 91 |
| 1975 | #285 | 841 | #870 | 91 |
| 1974 | #293 | 814 | #785 | 104 |
| 1973 | #280 | 873 | #843 | 88 |
| 1972 | #255 | 1,056 | #760 | 109 |
| 1971 | #266 | 1,083 | #748 | 119 |
| 1970 | #250 | 1,246 | #734 | 125 |
| 1969 | #241 | 1,241 | #670 | 139 |
| 1968 | #218 | 1,397 | #622 | 147 |
| 1967 | #213 | 1,416 | #548 | 184 |
| 1966 | #194 | 1,680 | #527 | 209 |
| 1965 | #193 | 1,706 | #530 | 210 |
| 1964 | #168 | 2,347 | #569 | 194 |
| 1963 | #144 | 2,802 | #528 | 226 |
| 1962 | #140 | 3,054 | #520 | 232 |
| 1961 | #135 | 3,420 | #503 | 250 |
| 1960 | #126 | 3,647 | #591 | 175 |
| 1959 | #133 | 3,276 | #533 | 218 |
| 1958 | #156 | 2,567 | #518 | 220 |
| 1957 | #188 | 1,891 | #524 | 217 |
| 1956 | #249 | 1,127 | #486 | 245 |
| 1955 | #312 | 751 | #480 | 233 |
| 1954 | #332 | 649 | #444 | 268 |
| 1953 | #378 | 511 | #507 | 191 |
| 1952 | #393 | 440 | #487 | 209 |
| 1951 | #381 | 461 | #507 | 179 |
| 1950 | #344 | 515 | #489 | 189 |
| 1949 | #294 | 689 | #482 | 187 |
| 1948 | #246 | 932 | #529 | 158 |
| 1947 | #197 | 1,354 | #455 | 217 |
| 1946 | #206 | 1,179 | #482 | 176 |
| 1945 | #220 | 866 | #530 | 127 |
| 1944 | #229 | 820 | #554 | 119 |
| 1943 | #244 | 784 | #524 | 143 |
| 1942 | #263 | 677 | #584 | 113 |
| 1941 | #286 | 506 | #603 | 98 |
| 1940 | #326 | 382 | #626 | 90 |
| 1939 | #420 | 260 | #717 | 69 |
| 1938 | #495 | 181 | #736 | 69 |
| 1937 | #655 | 108 | #671 | 79 |
| 1936 | #862 | 62 | #688 | 74 |
| 1935 | #849 | 66 | #741 | 68 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 | #682 | 79 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 | #685 | 75 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | #677 | 81 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #717 | 72 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #730 | 75 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #771 | 69 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #767 | 71 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | #702 | 85 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #745 | 74 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #776 | 72 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #782 | 74 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #777 | 72 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | — | #768 | 76 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #865 | 62 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #747 | 74 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #824 | 63 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #749 | 69 |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #816 | 56 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #697 | 54 |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #448 | 27 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #360 | 33 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #380 | 25 | |
| 1891 | — | #397 | 19 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #398 | 22 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #325 | 27 | |
| 1885 | — | #411 | 19 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1960 at #126 (3,647 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1935–2005
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1960 were named Sandy (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.9% of all girls named Sandy (22,710) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1936, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 33 | #2,876 (1914) | #3,729 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,825 (1929) | #2,662 |
| 1930s | 796 | #420 (1939) | #1,265 |
| 1940s | 8,189 | #197 (1947) | #251 |
| 1950s | 12,188 | #133 (1959) | #287 |
| 1960s | 22,710 | #126 (1960) | #177 |
| 1970s | 9,107 | #250 (1970) | #281 |
| 1980s | 6,827 | #289 (1980) | #352 |
| 1990s | 4,752 | #379 (1990) | #530 |
| 2000s | 2,853 | #647 (2000) | #911 |
| 2010s | 1,136 | #1,328 (2010) | #1,874 |
| 2020s | 358 | #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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 15,992 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 90.7% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,817Marion111
- #1,817Sailor111
- #1,817Taliah111
- #1,829Sandy110
- #1,829Emelyn110
- #1,829Haidyn110
- #1,829Inara110
- #1,840Adrianne109
- #1,840Alyssia109
- #1,840Arionna109
Tied with 10 names at #1,829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 126,617 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 60.5% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,433Zebediah16
- #5,433Zia16
- #5,433Zyquan16
- #5,675Sandy15
- #5,675Aarya15
- #5,675Adlai15
- #5,675Adrion15
- #5,945Aadon14
- #5,945Aariv14
- #5,945Aaryav14
Tied with 269 names at #5,675; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.