Sandra

#1,207 for girls in 2025, 188 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1947 · 34,779 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
51 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
875,531
since 1904

Sandra over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #5, 1947girls
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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#1,207188—
2024#1,044240—
2023#1,062235—
2022#1,077233—
2021#993259—
2020#1,099222—
2019#984262—
2018#979270—
2017#895301—
2016#876320—
2015#829338—
2014#790355—
2013#761357—
2012#679415—
2011#609473—
2010#514581—
2009#518586—
2008#442722—
2007#407800—
2006#363892—
2005#3151,019—
2004#2801,176#8,9277
2003#2661,180—
2002#2741,140#6,52210
2001#2641,209#8,3397
2000#2571,268—
1999#2481,287—
1998#2281,366#8,4796
1997#2021,448—
1996#1811,659#5,53510
1995#1771,708#5,12411
1994#1711,768#3,75117
1993#1681,885#4,69712
1992#1522,015#2,99922
1991#1432,141#4,00514
1990#1342,343#2,69524
1989#1292,327#1,73344
1988#1282,258#1,87935
1987#1152,411#2,55921
1986#1062,639#2,36023
1985#1052,663#2,42721
1984#942,881#1,97927
1983#883,175#2,20823
1982#803,655#1,73433
1981#744,037#1,89929
1980#804,002#2,00327
1979#773,995#2,31021
1978#694,005#3,07013
1977#614,373#1,60734
1976#594,861#1,57234
1975#515,374#1,55933
1974#446,270#1,93423
1973#396,585#1,26842
1972#317,917#1,39137
1971#319,714#1,35239
1970#2711,246#1,11754
1969#2512,185#1,18644
1968#2612,686#1,20640
1967#2014,738#1,07147
1966#1715,851#99853
1965#1516,371#1,02052
1964#1319,249#87576
1963#921,621#97160
1962#1022,420#94764
1961#924,153#93367
1960#1124,572#98160
1959#1323,359#1,03455
1958#1521,834#1,00657
1957#1522,765#1,00557
1956#1424,302#1,17142
1955#1325,112#1,05451
1954#1326,061#1,15142
1953#1125,500#1,10244
1952#1026,097#1,15241
1951#927,665#1,07045
1950#828,896#1,03746
1949#630,643#90558
1948#631,063#87960
1947#534,779#80573
1946#631,692#75976
1945#624,700#70475
1944#626,024#70777
1943#625,990#615105
1942#624,994#73776
1941#919,500#73371
1940#1016,153#90449
1939#1311,970#97642
1938#1410,806#93945
1937#267,520#1,11934
1936#385,526#1,41722
1935#504,089#1,75716
1934#932,550#2,12112
1933#1451,365#3,6425
1932#216822—
1931#295453—
1930#392298—
1929#418253—
1928#443235—
1927#485207—
1926#534171—
1925#536177—
1924#623145—
1923#699110—
1922#73997—
1921#675120—
1920#687112—
1919#75886—
1918#84872—
1917#86663—
1916#1,05943—
1915#94449—
1914#93240—
1913#88136—
1912#1,17820—
1911#1,17115—
1910#1,6349—
1909#2,2085—
1908#1,04415—
1907#2,0615—
1906#1,22910—
1905#1,9315—
1904#1,3648—
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five girls were named Sandra! It came in at #1,364, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Sandra is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #18 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 84 girlsAKMaine: #18 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 86 girlsMEVermont: #12 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 62 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #17 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 66 girlsNHWashington: #23 for girls · 289 births · 1 in 99 girlsWAIdaho: #15 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 78 girlsIDMontana: #31 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 115 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #16 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 72 girlsNDMinnesota: #17 for girls · 440 births · 1 in 86 girlsMNIllinois: #16 for girls · 1,267 births · 1 in 84 girlsILWisconsin: #15 for girls · 609 births · 1 in 71 girlsWIMichigan: #17 for girls · 1,135 births · 1 in 81 girlsMINew York: #23 for girls · 1,352 births · 1 in 125 girlsNYMassachusetts: #21 for girls · 551 births · 1 in 97 girlsMARhode Island: #20 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 94 girlsRIOregon: #22 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 96 girlsORNevada: #13 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 68 girlsNVWyoming: #15 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 70 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #14 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 65 girlsSDIowa: #18 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 87 girlsIAIndiana: #25 for girls · 483 births · 1 in 104 girlsINOhio: #20 for girls · 1,141 births · 1 in 94 girlsOHPennsylvania: #21 for girls · 1,229 births · 1 in 94 girlsPANew Jersey: #27 for girls · 440 births · 1 in 131 girlsNJConnecticut: #20 for girls · 256 births · 1 in 95 girlsCTCalifornia: #16 for girls · 1,750 births · 1 in 93 girlsCAUtah: #26 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 121 girlsUTColorado: #18 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 88 girlsCONebraska: #25 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 103 girlsNEMissouri: #18 for girls · 532 births · 1 in 84 girlsMOKentucky: #16 for girls · 401 births · 1 in 82 girlsKYWest Virginia: #17 for girls · 268 births · 1 in 72 girlsWVVirginia: #16 for girls · 561 births · 1 in 73 girlsVAMaryland: #18 for girls · 346 births · 1 in 87 girlsMDDelaware: #19 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 75 girlsDEArizona: #11 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 89 girlsAZNew Mexico: #7 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 67 girlsNMKansas: #22 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 98 girlsKSArkansas: #11 for girls · 291 births · 1 in 62 girlsARTennessee: #13 for girls · 584 births · 1 in 63 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #16 for girls · 714 births · 1 in 69 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #11 for girls · 390 births · 1 in 69 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 106 girlsDCOklahoma: #20 for girls · 241 births · 1 in 88 girlsOKLouisiana: #13 for girls · 502 births · 1 in 78 girlsLAMississippi: #10 for girls · 344 births · 1 in 74 girlsMSAlabama: #13 for girls · 508 births · 1 in 71 girlsALGeorgia: #11 for girls · 666 births · 1 in 68 girlsGAHawaii: #7 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 62 girlsHITexas: #11 for girls · 1,401 births · 1 in 80 girlsTXFlorida: #13 for girls · 635 births · 1 in 75 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#7 · 1 in 62
  2. New Mexico#7 · 1 in 67
  3. Mississippi#10 · 1 in 74
  4. Arkansas#11 · 1 in 62
  5. Georgia#11 · 1 in 68

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Hampshire, 1942.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#7961 in 62
New Mexico#71721 in 67
Mississippi#103441 in 74
Arizona#111571 in 89
Arkansas#112911 in 62
Georgia#116661 in 68
South Carolina#113901 in 69
Texas#111,4011 in 80
Vermont#12581 in 62
Alabama#135081 in 71
Florida#136351 in 75
Louisiana#135021 in 78
Nevada#13321 in 68
Tennessee#135841 in 63
South Dakota#141091 in 65
Idaho#15811 in 78
Wisconsin#156091 in 71
Wyoming#15391 in 70
California#161,7501 in 93
Illinois#161,2671 in 84
Kentucky#164011 in 82
North Carolina#167141 in 69
North Dakota#16921 in 72
Virginia#165611 in 73
Michigan#171,1351 in 81
Minnesota#174401 in 86
New Hampshire#17811 in 66
West Virginia#172681 in 72
Alaska#18301 in 84
Colorado#182101 in 88
Iowa#183161 in 87
Maine#181121 in 86
Maryland#183461 in 87
Missouri#185321 in 84
Delaware#19611 in 75
Connecticut#202561 in 95
Ohio#201,1411 in 94
Oklahoma#202411 in 88
Rhode Island#20861 in 94
Massachusetts#215511 in 97
Pennsylvania#211,2291 in 94
Kansas#222151 in 98
Oregon#221581 in 96
New York#231,3521 in 125
Washington#232891 in 99
District of Columbia#241271 in 106
Indiana#254831 in 104
Nebraska#251341 in 103
Utah#26851 in 121
New Jersey#274401 in 131
Montana#31571 in 115

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 Sandra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 163 spots since 2024 (#1,044 → #1,207)
  • 108 spots since 2020 (#1,099 → #1,207)
  • 378 spots since 2015 (#829 → #1,207)
  • Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1913 (#1,178 → #881)
  • Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1916 (#944 → #1,059)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1947 at #5 (34,779 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: 16 yrs · run 1940–1952
  • Top 100: 51 yrs · run 1934–1984
  • Top 1,000: 107 yrs · run 1917–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50
  • Highest: 1 in 50 girls born in 1946 were named Sandra (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,549 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #5 in 1947, was only 1 in 51 (2.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 30.3% of all girls named Sandra (265,538) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s48#1,044 (1908)#1,640
1910s433#758 (1919)#1,027
1920s1,627#418 (1929)#584
1930s45,399#13 (1939)#128
1940s265,538#5 (1947)#7
1950s251,591#8 (1950)#12
1960s183,846#9 (1961)#16
1970s64,340#27 (1970)#49
1980s30,048#74 (1981)#100
1990s17,620#134 (1990)#180
2000s9,992#257 (2000)#339
2010s3,672#514 (2010)#792
2020s1,377#993 (2021)#1,080

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.

Sandra in 1958

girls
#15
21,834 births · 1 in 92 girls
boys
#1,006
57 births · 1 in 37,235 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #15Sandra21,834

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #1,006Sandra57
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 92 of them was named Sandra, which outranked 99.8% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandra
  1. #12Nancy24,819
  2. #13Cheryl24,119
  3. #14Kathy23,938
  4. #15Sandra21,834
  5. #16Brenda21,337
  6. #17Sharon21,114
  7. #18Diane20,811
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 37,235 of them was named Sandra, which outranked 77.7% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandra
  1. #1,001Edmundo58
  2. #1,001Eldridge58
  3. #1,001Pamela58
  4. #1,006Sandra57
  5. #1,006Alva57
  6. #1,006Alvaro57
  7. #1,006Chaim57
  8. #1,018Denise56
  9. #1,018Edsel56
  10. #1,018Ike56

Tied with 11 names at #1,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →