# Sandeep (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sandeep/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | “enlightened” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sandip, Sundeep |
| US babies named this | 921 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 806 / 115 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 274, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hindi संदीप (sandīp, “enlightened”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | 11,078 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,519 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,761 |
| 1982 | 6 | 10,193 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,927 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,979 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,455 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,471 |
| 1990 | 12 | 7,210 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,857 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,449 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,528 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,657 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,517 |
| 1996 | 8 | 10,345 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 30 | 2,668 |
| 1998 | 22 | 3,467 |
| 1999 | 17 | 4,304 |
| 2000 | 16 | 4,752 |
| 2001 | 14 | 5,349 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,449 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,640 |
| 2004 | 19 | 4,564 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,950 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,460 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,691 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,819 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,770 |
| 2011 | 13 | 6,521 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,858 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11 | 1,522 |
| 1997 | 10 | 1,666 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,480 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1,658 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 12 | 1,110 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,199 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,167 |
| 2001 | 12 | 1,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,190 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1,132 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1,410 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: संदीप, सन्दीप
- Russian: Сандип
- Ukrainian: Сандіп

## 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.