# Mandy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mandy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmændi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,603 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 138 / 42,465 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 185, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Apheretic form of Amanda + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,963 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,950 |
| 2013 | 83 | 2,251 |
| 2014 | 105 | 1,916 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,579 |
| 2016 | 83 | 2,300 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,451 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,670 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,701 |
| 2020 | 40 | 3,721 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,984 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,577 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,886 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,176 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,514 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 9 | 3,823 |
| 1976 | 12 | 3,188 |
| 1977 | 13 | 3,136 |
| 1978 | 14 | 3,018 |
| 1979 | 14 | 3,104 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,878 |
| 1981 | 9 | 4,378 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,449 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,755 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,554 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,424 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,695 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,562 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,000 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,208 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | 1,715 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 13 | 1,748 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |

## People named Mandy

- Mandy Moore, American actress and singer (born 1984)
- Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer (born 1952)
- Mandy Islacker, German footballer
- Mandy van den Berg, Dutch footballer
- Mandy Rice-Davies, British actress (1944-2014)
- Mandy Haase, field hockey player
- Mandy Walker, Australian cinematographer
- Mandy Takhar, British actress and model
- Mandy Nicholson, British field hockey player
- Mandy Bujold, Canadian boxer
- Mandy Mulder, Dutch sailor (born 1987)
- Mandy Hering, German handball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.