Bandi — girls' name
52 babies named Bandi in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Bandi was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Bandi in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bandi
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Bandi between 1957 and 1988, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bandi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bandi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bandi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bandi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 52 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bandi at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bandi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1957
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
52 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 7 births in a single year.
Bandi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 28 births that decade — 54% of Bandi's all-time total
Bandi decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Bandi's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.