Unisex name · since 1940
Sande
258 babies named Sande in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
258 girls have been named Sande since 1940, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sande has been recorded 258 times among girls since 1940, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1974.
- #17,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 258 born since 1940
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sande ranks #17,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 258 born since 1940, peaking in the 1950s.
- #17,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sande's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sande's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sande's full recorded timeline at 1956, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sande popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1974
- Peak year (1958)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Sande popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 1951 (Sande as boys' name)
Sande by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (101 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Sande's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Sande births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
76 births
- 1950s
1950s
101 births
- 1960s
1960s
70 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 101 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sande's data
- Sande's decade-level peak was the 1950s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Sande: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1940–1974 (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 Sande 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.