Sandy
Sandy is given to both girls and boys: 55 girls and 12 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,020 among girls’ names and #7,108 among boys’, #4,614 among all names counting both); 79,530 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Sandy every year since 1937.
An estimated 64,600 Americans named Sandy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 46 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sandy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sandy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sandy is “a diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, and Santiago.”
From clippings + -y
/ˈsæn.di/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sandy?
#3,020 among girls’ names, 2025
Sandy fell from #1,905 in 2015 to #3,020 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 59.9 to 34.2 per million.
3,822 babies in 1960, the peak
Sandy peaked in 1960, when 3,822 babies were given it (3,647 girls, #126 among girls’ names). The 67 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #3,020 | 12 | #7,108 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,271 | 11 | #7,663 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,612 | 13 | #6,824 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,783 | 10 | #8,190 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,922 | 7 | #10,588 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,593 | 9 | #8,605 |
| 2019 | 78 | #2,327 | 9 | #8,740 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,359 | 14 | #6,274 |
| 2017 | 98 | #2,015 | 10 | #8,032 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,244 | 7 | #10,534 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 107 | #1,905 | 9 | #8,605 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,650 | 12 | #6,975 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,615 | 7 | #10,526 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,582 | 14 | #6,245 |
| 2011 | 110 | #1,838 | 15 | #5,896 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,334 | 13 | #6,632 |
| 2009 | 189 | #1,287 | 10 | #8,191 |
| 2008 | 228 | #1,132 | 13 | #6,693 |
| 2007 | 256 | #1,034 | 16 | #5,630 |
| 2006 | 250 | #1,025 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2005 | 292 | #869 | 24 | #3,917 |
| 2004 | 317 | #800 | 16 | #5,194 |
| 2003 | 296 | #828 | 20 | #4,244 |
| 2002 | 317 | #763 | 18 | #4,456 |
| 2001 | 322 | #744 | 18 | #4,428 |
| 2000 | 386 | #648 | 22 | #3,728 |
| 1999 | 330 | #687 | 21 | #3,673 |
| 1998 | 361 | #639 | 31 | #2,694 |
| 1997 | 361 | #621 | 33 | #2,490 |
| 1996 | 405 | #573 | 39 | #2,171 |
| 1995 | 468 | #518 | 35 | #2,282 |
| 1994 | 486 | #514 | 31 | #2,483 |
| 1993 | 489 | #505 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1992 | 531 | #464 | 59 | #1,517 |
| 1991 | 627 | #408 | 37 | #2,039 |
| 1990 | 694 | #380 | 51 | #1,627 |
| 1989 | 719 | #357 | 61 | #1,403 |
| 1988 | 565 | #416 | 67 | #1,257 |
| 1987 | 569 | #400 | 58 | #1,290 |
| 1986 | 609 | #378 | 59 | #1,267 |
| 1985 | 602 | #378 | 73 | #1,089 |
| 1984 | 701 | #333 | 67 | #1,106 |
| 1983 | 636 | #356 | 65 | #1,116 |
| 1982 | 765 | #317 | 72 | #1,080 |
| 1981 | 803 | #302 | 96 | #919 |
| 1980 | 858 | #289 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1979 | 888 | #273 | 59 | #1,190 |
| 1978 | 734 | #313 | 74 | #1,010 |
| 1977 | 785 | #305 | 72 | #1,018 |
| 1976 | 787 | #291 | 91 | #877 |
| 1975 | 841 | #285 | 91 | #873 |
| 1974 | 814 | #293 | 104 | #785 |
| 1973 | 873 | #280 | 88 | #846 |
| 1972 | 1,056 | #255 | 109 | #764 |
| 1971 | 1,083 | #266 | 119 | #753 |
| 1970 | 1,246 | #250 | 125 | #736 |
| 1969 | 1,241 | #241 | 139 | #672 |
| 1968 | 1,397 | #218 | 147 | #625 |
| 1967 | 1,416 | #213 | 184 | #549 |
| 1966 | 1,680 | #194 | 209 | #528 |
| 1965 | 1,706 | #193 | 210 | #532 |
| 1964 | 2,347 | #168 | 194 | #570 |
| 1963 | 2,802 | #144 | 226 | #528 |
| 1962 | 3,054 | #140 | 232 | #520 |
| 1961 | 3,420 | #135 | 250 | #503 |
| 1960 | 3,647 | #126 | 175 | #592 |
| 1959 | 3,276 | #133 | 218 | #534 |
| 1958 | 2,567 | #156 | 220 | #517 |
| 1957 | 1,891 | #188 | 217 | #523 |
| 1956 | 1,127 | #249 | 245 | #486 |
| 1955 | 751 | #312 | 233 | #480 |
| 1954 | 649 | #332 | 268 | #444 |
| 1953 | 511 | #377 | 191 | #507 |
| 1952 | 440 | #394 | 209 | #487 |
| 1951 | 461 | #380 | 179 | #507 |
| 1950 | 515 | #344 | 189 | #489 |
| 1949 | 689 | #294 | 187 | #484 |
| 1948 | 932 | #246 | 158 | #528 |
| 1947 | 1,354 | #197 | 217 | #456 |
| 1946 | 1,179 | #206 | 176 | #482 |
| 1945 | 866 | #220 | 127 | #532 |
| 1944 | 820 | #229 | 119 | #558 |
| 1943 | 784 | #244 | 143 | #526 |
| 1942 | 677 | #263 | 113 | #586 |
| 1941 | 506 | #287 | 98 | #607 |
| 1940 | 382 | #326 | 90 | #630 |
| 1939 | 260 | #421 | 69 | #725 |
| 1938 | 181 | #497 | 69 | #741 |
| 1937 | 108 | #655 | 79 | #673 |
| 1936 | 62 | #869 | 74 | #688 |
| 1935 | 66 | #854 | 68 | #748 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,185 | 79 | #690 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,306 | 75 | #692 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,418 | 81 | #684 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,446 | 72 | #725 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,403 | 75 | #735 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,881 | 69 | #780 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,927 | 71 | #773 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,246 | 85 | #707 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,987 | 74 | #748 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,363 | 72 | #778 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,347 | 74 | #784 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,887 | 72 | #785 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,337 | 68 | #827 |
| 1921 | under 5 | 76 | #769 | |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,329 | 62 | #876 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,759 | 74 | #752 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,737 | 63 | #830 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,217 | 69 | #758 |
| 1916 | under 5 | 49 | #912 | |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,738 | 56 | #822 |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,133 | 54 | #709 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 44 | #691 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 44 | #634 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 24 | #639 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 35 | #470 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 31 | #459 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 28 | #473 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 27 | #454 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 18 | #562 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 33 | #363 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 20 | #491 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 14 | #614 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 19 | #503 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 13 | #587 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 22 | #513 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 16 | #498 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 17 | #519 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 9 | #778 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 13 | #632 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 20 | #451 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 19 | #461 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 10 | #698 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 25 | #383 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 19 | #407 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 13 | #560 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 19 | #429 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 22 | #402 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 19 | #389 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 27 | #329 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 19 | #421 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 11 | #602 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 23 | #356 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 19 | #422 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 14 | #483 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 18 | #422 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sandy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 79,530 Americans recorded as Sandy, 87% are girls and 13% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sandy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sandy, and how old are they?
64,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 79,530 Americans ever recorded as Sandy. The median Sandy alive today is 61 years old; half are between 46 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 75,709 people named Sandy (69,154 women and girls, 6,555 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 68,012 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,670 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 28,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 17,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,190 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sandy born?
The states with the most babies named Sandy are California, Texas and New York, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11,542 | #1,928 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 5,556 | #2,593 | 1.1× |
| New York | 4,982 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 4,046 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 3,888 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 3,120 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,963 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 2,670 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 2,206 | #1,528 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 2,104 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Sandy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sandy is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sandy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 95,556 babies since 1880, Sandy is the most given (83% of them). In 2025 it was given to 67 of their 72 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sandy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Tonie | 3,256 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sandy and names like it
- Compare Sandy and SandiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sSandy peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sandy since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Sandy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Sandy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.