# Sandhya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sandhya/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “twilight” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 504 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 504 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21 | 5,637 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9,574 |
| 2004 | 24 | 5,348 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,804 |
| 2006 | 23 | 5,873 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,702 |
| 2008 | 14 | 8,885 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11,104 |
| 2011 | 13 | 9,055 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,065 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,515 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,248 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,469 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,711 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |

## People named Sandhya

- Sandhya Agarwal, cricketer
- Sandhya Mazumdar, cricketer
- Sandhya Menon, American writer from India

## 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.