Shandra

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405

Peak · girls
1976 · 127 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,018
since 1945

Shandra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shandra has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #997, 1976girls
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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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2008#15,4056
2007#17,6365
2006#12,4208
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2004#7,82814
2003#12,4087
2002#7,81613
2001#7,72413
2000#6,48716
1999#5,66118
1998#4,36625
1997#3,89728
1996#4,18425
1995#3,67029
1994#3,23435
1993#3,15836
1992#3,03638
1991#2,59347
1990#2,12861
1989#1,87370
1988#1,72274
1987#1,48687
1986#1,39292
1985#1,47384
1984#1,245103
1983#1,247101
1982#1,32594
1981#1,151117
1980#1,111123
1979#1,210107
1978#1,221102
1977#1,045126
1976#997127
1975#1,145101
1974#1,039115
1973#1,047111
1972#1,012116
1971#1,098109
1970#1,144101
1969#1,100101
1968#1,64749
1967#1,58151
1966#1,54852
1965#1,82939
1964#1,80342
1963#2,78020
1962#2,60522
1961#2,41125
1960#2,24627
1959#2,45822
1958#1,98531
1957#2,82317
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1954#5,7535
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1951#5,4145
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Shandra! It came in at #4,025, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1948, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Shandra is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,956 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedWIMichigan: #922 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,343 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #930 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 10,658 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #509 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,849 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedHITexas: #905 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,054 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shandra, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#509 · 1 in 3,849
  2. Texas#905 · 1 in 10,054
  3. Michigan#922 · 1 in 14,343
  4. California#930 · 1 in 10,658
  5. Illinois#1,095 · 1 in 16,956

Best ever in a state: #323 in Arkansas, 1972.

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Louisiana#50981 in 3,849
Texas#905101 in 10,054
Michigan#92251 in 14,343
California#930151 in 10,658
Illinois#1,09551 in 16,956
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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 Shandra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1976 (#1,145 → #997)
  • Biggest drop: 48 spots in 1977 (#997 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1976 at #997 (127 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,536
  • Highest: 1 in 11,536 girls born in 1976 were named Shandra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 36.9% of all girls named Shandra (1,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s12#4,025 (1945)#4,349
1950s94#1,985 (1958)#3,966
1960s428#1,100 (1969)#1,955
1970s1,115#997 (1976)#1,096
1980s945#1,111 (1980)#1,403
1990s342#2,128 (1990)#3,593
2000s82#6,487 (2000)#10,966

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.

Shandra in 1969

girls
#1,100
101 births · 1 in 16,703 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,100Shandra101
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 16,703 of them was named Shandra, which outranked 87.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shandra
  1. #1,095Towanda102
  2. #1,095Trudi102
  3. #1,095Venessa102
  4. #1,100Shandra101
  5. #1,100Lilia101
  6. #1,100Maribeth101
  7. #1,100Octavia101
  8. #1,104Chantelle100
  9. #1,104Phoebe100
  10. #1,104Rosita100

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →