Baby NamesExplore all names
SHARED SPELLING

✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Sandy

Used in both girl and boy records

Sandy appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

Choose a record

Sandy by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDSandy as a girl’s nameUS records 1914–2024
#415girl rank1960peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDSandy as a boy’s nameUS records 1880–2024
#1056boy rank1954peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Sandy in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19603,646 uses#12619601914–2020105 listed years
Boy1954268 uses#32518861880–2020141 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.