Mandy — #4105 US girls' name
42,435 babies named Mandy in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Mandy was born in this single decade.
3,110 babies were named Mandy in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mandy
The Social Security Administration has registered 42,435 babies named Mandy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mandy currently holds the #4105 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 3,110 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mandy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16,244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mandy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,654 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mandy in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mandy 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 42,435 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.
Mandy at a glance
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Current rank
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Mandy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1978)
- 3,110
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4105 among girls.
42,435 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 3,110 births in a single year.
Mandy popularity over time — boys
138 total births recorded since 1962 (Mandy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mandy accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mandy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16,244 births that decade — 38% of Mandy's all-time total
Mandy decade highlights
- Peak decade 16,244 births
- Runner-up 13,137 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mandy's strongest decade
16,244 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Mandy by state
Where Mandy concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,654 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 3,236 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,012 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,779 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 1,573 | 3.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,526 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 1,480 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,255 | 3.0% |
3,654 of 42,435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- California 7.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mandy appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.