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
1960 · 3,647 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #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.

Where Sandy is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedNHWashington: #120 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 589 girlsWAIdaho: #153 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 733 girlsIDMontana: #150 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 693 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #125 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 616 girlsNDMinnesota: #141 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 956 girlsMNIllinois: #137 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 823 girlsILWisconsin: #170 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,367 girlsWIMichigan: #133 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 806 girlsMINew York: #307 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,232 girlsNYMassachusetts: #365 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,357 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedRIOregon: #139 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 671 girlsORNevada: #64 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 189 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedSDIowa: #117 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 644 girlsIAIndiana: #134 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 837 girlsINOhio: #101 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 541 girlsOHPennsylvania: #190 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 1,398 girlsPANew Jersey: #245 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,437 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #133 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 671 girlsCAUtah: #163 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 807 girlsUTColorado: #235 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsCONebraska: #119 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 684 girlsNEMissouri: #175 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsMOKentucky: #236 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsKYWest Virginia: #205 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsWVVirginia: #267 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,154 girlsVAMaryland: #193 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,239 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedDEArizona: #267 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,439 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedNMKansas: #152 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 873 girlsKSArkansas: #255 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,622 girlsARTennessee: #297 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,405 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #342 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,332 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #315 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,577 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #189 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,187 girlsDCOklahoma: #218 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsOKLouisiana: #479 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,047 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedMSAlabama: #431 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,061 girlsALGeorgia: #393 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sandy, so not publishedHITexas: #234 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 1,318 girlsTXFlorida: #252 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,624 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#64 · 1 in 189
  2. Ohio#101 · 1 in 541
  3. Iowa#117 · 1 in 644
  4. Nebraska#119 · 1 in 684
  5. Washington#120 · 1 in 589

Best ever in a state: #57 in Nevada, 1959.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#6451 in 189
Ohio#1011421 in 541
Iowa#117381 in 644
Nebraska#119171 in 684
Washington#120381 in 589
North Dakota#125101 in 616
California#1331481 in 671
Michigan#133771 in 806
Indiana#134451 in 837
Illinois#137951 in 823
Oregon#139191 in 671
Minnesota#141311 in 956
Montana#15071 in 693
Kansas#152191 in 873
Idaho#15371 in 733
Utah#16391 in 807
Wisconsin#170241 in 1,367
Missouri#175291 in 1,265
District of Columbia#18991 in 1,187
Pennsylvania#190711 in 1,398
Maryland#193171 in 1,239
West Virginia#205161 in 1,366
Oklahoma#218151 in 1,449
Texas#234631 in 1,318
Colorado#23581 in 1,590
Kentucky#236191 in 1,707
New Jersey#245171 in 2,437
Florida#252151 in 1,624
Arkansas#255131 in 1,622
Arizona#26751 in 1,439
Virginia#267151 in 2,154
Tennessee#297151 in 2,405
New York#307411 in 3,232
South Carolina#315101 in 2,577
North Carolina#342141 in 3,332
Massachusetts#36571 in 6,357
Georgia#393101 in 3,951
Alabama#43171 in 5,061
Louisiana#47961 in 5,047
Alaska———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Maine———
Mississippi———
New Hampshire———
New Mexico———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

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 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 1946

girls
#206
1,179 births · 1 in 1,333 girls
boys
#482
176 births · 1 in 9,227 boys

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #206Sandy1,179

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #482Sandy176
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 1,333 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandy
  1. #203Yolanda1,200
  2. #204Vickie1,195
  3. #205Rosie1,183
  4. #206Sandy1,179
  5. #207Jessie1,173
  6. #208Alma1,170
  7. #209Stella1,162
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 9,227 of them was named Sandy, which outranked 88.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sandy
  1. #479Emanuel179
  2. #480Jackson178
  3. #481Connie177
  4. #482Sandy176
  5. #483Irwin175
  6. #483Kennith175
  7. #485Carol174
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 584Zachary#1,536 → #952
  2. ↑ 514Patric#1,494 → #980
  3. ↑ 385Kris#1,296 → #911
  4. ↑ 385Rich#1,296 → #911
  5. ↑ 380Furman#1,270 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Layton#971 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 438Farris#971 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 394Delano#558 → #952
  4. ↓ 312Leopoldo#864 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 290Rosevelt#927 → #1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →