Girls' name · since 1930
Sanda
Sanda has 604 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 604
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sanda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 604 have been recorded since 1930.
Sanda has 604 recorded births among girls since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1998.
- #10,519 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 604 born since 1930
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanda ranks #10,519 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 604 born since 1930, peaking in the 1960s.
- #10,519 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 604
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Sanda's 604 recorded births place it above 85.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Sanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sanda's full recorded timeline at 1961, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1998
- Peak year (1947)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Sanda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (158 births, 26% of the file).
1960s was Sanda's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Sanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1940s
1940s
138 births
- 1950s
1950s
134 births
- 1960s
1960s
158 births
- 1970s
1970s
97 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 158 births (26% of all-time use).
How Sanda 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 Sanda's total volume
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.
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What to do with Sanda's data
- Sanda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Sandas (12 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Sanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1930–1998 (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 Sanda 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.