Girls' name · peaked in 1978
Mandy name popularity since 1925
39,847 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mandy. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Mandy is about 47 years old in 2026. Mandy peaked in 1978 as the #96 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 39,847
- Named Mandy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,514 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 39,709 girls · 138 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.38× its national share
Peak year is the year Mandy made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mandy births per year, 1925–2025
1978 was the biggest year for Mandy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Mandy became 14× more common, from 1 in 7,500 baby girls to 1 in 538.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 1,810 to 1 in 5,250.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mandy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mandy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mandy in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 391 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 484 | 0 | #1,153 |
| 1940s | 434 | 0 | #1,305 |
| 1950s | 744 | 0 | #1,588 |
| 1960s | 1,896 | 6 | #733 |
| 1970s | 16,244 | 62 | #106 |
| 1980s | 13,135 | 57 | #206 |
| 1990s | 3,043 | 13 | #793 |
| 2000s | 2,261 | 0 | #922 |
| 2010s | 851 | 0 | #2,579 |
| 2020–25 | 226 | 0 | #4,514 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Mandy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Mandy is most popular
The index compares Mandy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mandy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.38× | 738 |
| Idaho | 2.37× | 343 |
| Oklahoma | 1.77× | 839 |
| Louisiana | 1.76× | 1,153 |
| Oregon | 1.60× | 545 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mandy and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mandy (this page) | 39,709 | 1978 |
| Mandi | 10,025 | 1975 |
| Mandie | 2,460 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mandy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mandy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mandy (1978).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data