first name
SANDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 75,709 people named Sandy, 60.7% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 91.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sandy peaked in 1960, when 3,822 babies got the name.
At least 79,530 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sandy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #289. The largest share of babies named Sandy, 44.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sandy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sandy has been most common in California (1.6×), North Carolina (1.3×), and Ohio (1.2×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.23×).
71,590 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sandy
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sandy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sandy ranks #5,994 of 156,621, with 5,530 people. See Sandy as a last name
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