Sendy — girls' name
431 babies named Sendy in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Sendy was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Sendy in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sendy
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Sendy between 1961 and 2017, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sendy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sendy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sendy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sendy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sendy 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 431 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.
Sendy at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sendy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1961
- Peak year (1990)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
431 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 21 births in a single year.
Sendy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 144 births that decade — 33% of Sendy's all-time total
Sendy decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sendy's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Sendy by state
Where Sendy concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 74 | 17.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 2.8% |
74 of 431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1961–2017 (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.