Sandy Girl
How popular is Sandy?
#2,998 girl name in 2025
55 baby girls were named Sandy in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
Sandy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,998 for girls (▲ 227 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 55 girls, 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,894 in 2015, #2,580 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (3,647 girls) |
| Highest rank | #126 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 13% boys, 87% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sandy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sandy family of names ranked #2,143 for girls in 2025 (#2,262 the year before), with 60 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy | 55 | 92% |
| Sandi | 5 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sandy is most popular
Babies named Sandy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Sandy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 33 | #2,875 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,824 |
| 1930s | 796 | #420 |
| 1940s | 8,189 | #197 |
| 1950s | 12,188 | #133 |
| 1960s | 22,710 | #126 |
| 1970s | 9,107 | #250 |
| 1980s | 6,827 | #289 |
| 1990s | 4,752 | #379 |
| 2000s | 2,853 | #647 |
| 2010s | 1,136 | #1,328 |
| 2020s | 358 | #2,580 |
Girl names about as popular as Sandy
Questions
- Is Sandy a boy or girl name?
- Sandy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Sandy were girls.
- How popular is the name Sandy?
- 55 baby girls were named Sandy in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
- When was Sandy most popular?
- Sandy peaked in 1960, when 3,647 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #126 in 1960.
- How many people are named Sandy?
- 79,530 babies have been named Sandy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 66,133 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 61.
- Where is Sandy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sandy was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.