Sanda — girls' name
604 babies named Sanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Sanda was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Sanda in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 604 babies named Sanda between 1930 and 1998, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sanda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanda 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 604 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.
Sanda at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1930
- Peak year (1947)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
604 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 23 births in a single year.
Sanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 158 births that decade — 26% of Sanda's all-time total
Sanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Sanda's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Sanda by state
Where Sanda concentrates geographically — total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 2.0% |
12 of 604 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1930–1998 (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.