Boys' name · since 2001
Sandler
Sandler has 70 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sandler currently ranks #11296 among boys' names in America, with 70 babies recorded since 2001.
Sandler has 70 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11296 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #19,851 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,296 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sandler ranks #19,851 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,296 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 70 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,296 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sandler's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sandler compares
70 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Sandler's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sandler | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sandler's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sandler's full recorded timeline at 2012, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sandler popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Sandler by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Sandler's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Sandler births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (39% of all-time use).
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Sandler 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.