Zandra
Zandra was last recorded in 2020, when 12 babies were given it; 3,547 Americans have been recorded with it between 1931 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,090 Americans named Zandra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 39 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Zandra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Zandra mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Zandra is “a female given name.”
/ˈzændɹə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Zandra?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #8,936, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
131 babies in 1970, the peak
Zandra peaked in 1970, when 131 girls were given it, #971 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 | #8,936 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 12 | #9,095 | 7.1 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,633 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,692 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 6 | #16,178 | 3.4 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,843 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,628 | 9.0 |
| 2013 | 11 | #10,220 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,791 | 9.1 |
| 2011 | 15 | #8,177 | 8.5 |
Every recorded year (89)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | #8,263 | 8.4 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,535 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,551 | 11.1 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,884 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,700 | 12.6 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,882 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,381 | 17.4 |
| 2003 | 20 | #6,046 | 10.9 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,899 | 13.9 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,813 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,520 | 14.9 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,569 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,356 | 11.3 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,219 | 21.3 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,176 | 14.8 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,774 | 16.5 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,231 | 14.0 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,284 | 19.3 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,137 | 20.1 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,879 | 21.9 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,731 | 22.6 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,924 | 20.6 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,693 | 22.5 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,489 | 24.2 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,077 | 30.3 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,702 | 20.9 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,913 | 18.4 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,959 | 31.7 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,114 | 28.9 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,886 | 34.8 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,307 | 25.9 |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,247 | 27.4 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,421 | 53.5 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,608 | 43.7 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,567 | 44.4 |
| 1975 | 94 | #1,228 | 64.5 |
| 1974 | 74 | #1,398 | 50.4 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,168 | 64.5 |
| 1972 | 106 | #1,083 | 69.7 |
| 1971 | 129 | #983 | 77.5 |
| 1970 | 131 | #971 | 74.9 |
| 1969 | 100 | #1,108 | 59.3 |
| 1968 | 66 | #1,386 | 40.2 |
| 1967 | 61 | #1,426 | 36.9 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,668 | 27.2 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,621 | 27.8 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,634 | 26.4 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,670 | 24.9 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,670 | 23.9 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,497 | 28.2 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,762 | 20.8 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,949 | 16.8 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,906 | 16.9 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,586 | 23.0 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,468 | 26.4 |
| 1955 | 66 | #1,251 | 33.8 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,195 | 36.6 |
| 1953 | 94 | #992 | 50.0 |
| 1952 | 77 | #1,078 | 41.5 |
| 1951 | 88 | #1,001 | 48.9 |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,132 | 39.1 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,374 | 26.9 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,356 | 27.7 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,486 | 23.1 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,479 | 22.9 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,991 | 14.5 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,965 | 15.1 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,554 | 21.5 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,983 | 8.1 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,394 | 11.6 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,960 | 8.7 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,589 | 10.9 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,937 | 9.1 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,099 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,176 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,726 | 10.5 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,969 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,270 | 8.4 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,968 | 4.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Zandra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zandra has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 89 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Zandra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Zandra, and how old are they?
3,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 3,547 Americans ever recorded as Zandra. The median Zandra alive today is 53 years old; half are between 39 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 3,486 people named Zandra (3,470 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,218 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 73 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 808 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 617 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 353 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 80 |
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 Zandra born?
The states with the most babies named Zandra are California, Texas and Illinois, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 216 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 203 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 110 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 109 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 85 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 80 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 71 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 45 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 38 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 37 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Zandra is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Zandra is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1931 it was given 1.1 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 Zandra 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 4,331 babies since 1880, Zandra is the most given (82% of them).
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 Zandra
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Zandra and names like it
- Compare Zandra and ZandriaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sZandra peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Zandra since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Zandra.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Zandra alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with ZMost given first.