Sandi

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 368 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,101
since 1934

Sandi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sandi has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #509, 1959girls
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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
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2025#14,9425—
2024#15,2935—
2023#15,1945—
2022#12,2437—
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2020#7,96913—
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2018#10,5459—
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2016#12,8767—
2015#16,4195—
2014#10,9559—
2013#11,0009—
2012#9,71111—
2011#11,1819—
2010#7,21717—
2009#5,53725—
2008#7,07318—
2007#5,37726—
2006#7,86815—
2005#5,80021—
2004#4,60129—
2003#5,23523—
2002#3,97832—
2001#3,78534#9,2436
2000#4,07930—
1999#4,71823#7,1398
1998#4,63623—
1997#3,10538—
1996#3,83128—
1995#2,55249—
1994#2,84842—
1993#2,60047—
1992#2,23959—
1991#2,32055—
1990#2,08163—
1989#1,66782—
1988#1,61480—
1987#1,79265—
1986#1,36794—
1985#1,232111—
1984#1,144119—
1983#1,165113—
1982#972152#5,0037
1981#912164—
1980#939159—
1979#854182—
1978#873168—
1977#850174—
1976#807172—
1975#702211—
1974#712204—
1973#692215—
1972#607262—
1971#600286—
1970#574310—
1969#601274—
1968#574279—
1967#567279—
1966#567282—
1965#592261—
1964#518357—
1963#533331—
1962#536330—
1961#518357—
1960#511353—
1959#509368—
1958#577293—
1957#661221—
1956#798155—
1955#989102—
1954#1,10879—
1953#1,19965—
1952#1,26956—
1951#1,13368—
1950#95988—
1949#772125—
1948#627173—
1947#517256—
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1936#3,1038—
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five girls were named Sandi! It came in at #3,802, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sandi is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMINew York: #1,169 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,365 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedINOhio: #1,057 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,418 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #811 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,805 girlsCAUtah: #299 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,786 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedCONebraska: #272 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,702 girlsOKLouisiana: #614 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedALGeorgia: #693 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,602 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sandi, so not publishedHITexas: #712 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,555 girlsTXFlorida: #517 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,606 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#272 · 1 in 1,717
  2. Utah#299 · 1 in 1,786
  3. Oklahoma#514 · 1 in 3,702
  4. Florida#517 · 1 in 3,606
  5. Louisiana#614 · 1 in 4,180

Best ever in a state: #193 in Idaho, 1948.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#27261 in 1,717
Utah#29991 in 1,786
Oklahoma#51451 in 3,702
Florida#517131 in 3,606
Louisiana#61471 in 4,180
Georgia#69361 in 5,602
Texas#712201 in 5,555
California#811241 in 6,805
Ohio#1,05751 in 14,418
New York#1,16981 in 12,365
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sandi
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
  • 6,973 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #14,942)
  • 1,477 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1942 (#1,065 → #762)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1983 (#972 → #1,165)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1959 at #509 (368 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1955–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,308
  • Highest: 1 in 5,308 girls born in 1964 were named Sandi (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #509 in 1959, was only 1 in 5,499 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Sandi (3,103) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s75#1,474 (1939)#2,456
1940s1,314#517 (1947)#759
1950s1,495#509 (1959)#920
1960s3,103#511 (1960)#552
1970s2,184#574 (1970)#727
1980s1,139#912 (1981)#1,280
1990s427#2,081 (1990)#3,093
2000s253#3,785 (2001)#5,333
2010s76#7,217 (2010)#11,238
2020s35#7,969 (2020)#13,128

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.

Sandi in 1979

girls
#854
182 births · 1 in 8,820 girls

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. #854Sandi182
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 8,820 of them was named Sandi, which outranked 92.9% 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 Sandi
  1. #851Jena183
  2. #851Margie183
  3. #851Raina183
  4. #854Sandi182
  5. #854Leona182
  6. #854Magdalena182
  7. #854Shanon182
  8. #860Octavia181
  9. #860Ursula181
  10. #862Mari180

Tied with 5 names at #854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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.

See the top 100 for 1979 →