Girls' name · peaked in 1946
Sandra name popularity since 1925
877,158 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sandra. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Sandra is about 72 years old in 2026. Sandra peaked in 1946 as the #6 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 877,158
- Named Sandra, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,210 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 874,466 girls · 2,692 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 1.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Sandra 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.
Sandra births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Sandra peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1930 and 1935, Sandra became 15× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2004 and 2009, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 1,560 to 1 in 3,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sandra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sandra.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sandra 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 | 1,043 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 45,399 | 176 | #50 |
| 1940s | 265,538 | 720 | #6 |
| 1950s | 251,591 | 480 | #13 |
| 1960s | 183,846 | 563 | #15 |
| 1970s | 64,340 | 330 | #51 |
| 1980s | 30,048 | 283 | #105 |
| 1990s | 17,620 | 116 | #177 |
| 2000s | 9,992 | 24 | #315 |
| 2010s | 3,672 | 0 | #830 |
| 2020–25 | 1,377 | 0 | #1,210 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
56.2% of babies named Sandra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sandra is most popular
The index compares Sandra'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 Sandra.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 1.55× | 12,073 |
| Vermont | 1.48× | 2,181 |
| Maine | 1.41× | 5,337 |
| Wisconsin | 1.37× | 23,874 |
| Rhode Island | 1.32× | 4,120 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sandra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sandra.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sandra (1946).
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