Girls' name · since 1880
Mandy
Mandy has 42,465 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,460 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,465
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mandy is the #4460 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 42,465 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mandy has been recorded 42,465 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #4460 nationally and more common than 74% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #668 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,460 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42,465 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mandy ranks #668 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,460 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42,465 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,460 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,465
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mandy's 42,465 recorded births place it above 99.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Mandy compares
42,465 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mandy's all-time total is 113x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mandy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42,465 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,110 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mandy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mandy's full recorded timeline at 1953, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 31 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 3,110 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mandy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 3,110
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Mandy popularity over time - boys
138 total births recorded since 1962 (Mandy as boys' name)
Mandy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (16,244 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Mandy's strongest decade.
16,244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Mandy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 453
1880s
453 births
- 1890s 490
1890s
490 births
- 1900s 561
1900s
561 births
- 1910s 803
1910s
803 births
- 1920s 840
1920s
840 births
- 1930s 484
1930s
484 births
- 1940s 434
1940s
434 births
- 1950s 744
1950s
744 births
- 1960s 1,896
1960s
1,896 births
- 1970s
1970s
16,244 births
- 1980s
1980s
13,135 births
- 1990s 3,043
1990s
3,043 births
- 2000s 2,261
2000s
2,261 births
- 2010s 851
2010s
851 births
- 2020s 226
2020s
226 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 16,244 births (38% of all-time use).
How Mandy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mandy's total volume
Mandy by state
Where Mandy concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,653 | 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% |
3,653 of 42,465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Mandy appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mandy's data
- Mandy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (16,244 total births); usage has since declined to 226 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mandys (3,653 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mandy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mandy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.