Mostly girls · peaked in 1960
Sandy name popularity since 1925
78,017 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sandy (88.4% girls, 11.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1963 or earlier, so the typical Sandy is about 63 years old in 2026. Sandy peaked in 1960 as the #126 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 78,017
- Named Sandy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,020 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 88.4% girls
- 69,000 girls · 9,017 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 1.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Sandy 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.
Sandy births per year, 1925–2025
1960 was the biggest year for Sandy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Sandy became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 9,850 baby girls to 1 in 2,000.
- Steepest fall: Between 1947 and 1952, its share of baby girls fell by 69%, from 1 in 1,310 to 1 in 4,210.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sandy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sandy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sandy 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 | 84 | 371 | – |
| 1930s | 796 | 741 | #854 |
| 1940s | 8,189 | 1,428 | #220 |
| 1950s | 12,188 | 2,169 | #312 |
| 1960s | 22,710 | 1,966 | #193 |
| 1970s | 9,107 | 932 | #285 |
| 1980s | 6,827 | 686 | #378 |
| 1990s | 4,752 | 381 | #518 |
| 2000s | 2,853 | 171 | #869 |
| 2010s | 1,136 | 110 | #1,905 |
| 2020–25 | 358 | 62 | #3,020 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.6% of babies named Sandy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sandy is most popular
The index compares Sandy'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 Sandy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1.51× | 11,542 |
| North Carolina | 1.25× | 2,558 |
| Ohio | 1.22× | 4,035 |
| Louisiana | 1.13× | 1,454 |
| Michigan | 1.13× | 3,120 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sandy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy (this page) | 69,000 | 1960 |
| Sandi | 10,101 | 1964 |
| Sandie | 2,713 | 1961 |
| Sandee | 1,727 | 1964 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sandy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sandy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sandy (1960).
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