Saundra — girls' name
17,851 babies named Saundra in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Saundra was born in this single decade.
813 babies were named Saundra in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saundra
The Social Security Administration has registered 17,851 babies named Saundra between 1925 and 2017, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saundra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 813 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saundra performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 6,865 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Saundra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 1,793 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Saundra in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saundra 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 17,851 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.
Saundra at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saundra popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1925
- Peak year (1947)
- 813
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
17,851 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 813 births in a single year.
Saundra popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1940 (Saundra as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Saundra accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saundra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 6,865 births that decade — 38% of Saundra's all-time total
Saundra decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,865 births
- Runner-up 3,813 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Saundra's strongest decade
6,865 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Saundra by state
Where Saundra concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 1,793 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 1,425 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 1,176 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 999 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 929 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 700 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 679 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 638 | 3.6% |
1,793 of 17,851 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 10.0% of nationwide
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saundra appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1925–2017 (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.