How rare is the name Sandeep?

8,581 people in the United States have the first name Sandeep, about 1 in 35,198. It ranks #2,731 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SANDEEP

#2,731

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,581
About
1 in 35,198
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,581 people named Sandeep, 96.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. 83.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sandeep peaked in 1989, when 41 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662012
Peak year
1989
Births that year
41
In 2012
5 ▼88%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 921 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Sandeep by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,104. The largest share of babies named Sandeep, 51.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#9,76141
1970s#5,387198
1980s#5,104278
1990s#6,270284
2000s#16,096102
2010s#34,84518
Generation X 1965–8028.3%
Millennials 1981–9651.1%
Generation Z 1997–1220.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Sandeep

#2,728 Jamila · 8,585#2,730 Rajesh · 8,582#2,732 Elda · 8,580#2,732 Monroe · 8,580

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sandeep, most common first.

#10,963 Sandip · 1,191

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