# Sandra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sandra/  
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 | /ˈsændɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 878,223 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,692 / 875,531 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,082, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.

## 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 | 473 | 611 |
| 2012 | 415 | 681 |
| 2013 | 357 | 764 |
| 2014 | 355 | 793 |
| 2015 | 338 | 830 |
| 2016 | 320 | 882 |
| 2017 | 301 | 895 |
| 2018 | 270 | 980 |
| 2019 | 262 | 987 |
| 2020 | 222 | 1,103 |
| 2021 | 259 | 994 |
| 2022 | 233 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 235 | 1,062 |
| 2024 | 240 | 1,048 |
| 2025 | 188 | 1,210 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 23 | 2,419 |
| 1987 | 21 | 2,627 |
| 1988 | 35 | 1,905 |
| 1989 | 44 | 1,762 |
| 1990 | 24 | 2,762 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,182 |
| 1992 | 22 | 3,096 |
| 1993 | 12 | 4,946 |
| 1994 | 17 | 3,876 |
| 1995 | 11 | 5,441 |
| 1996 | 10 | 5,896 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,434 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,055 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6,958 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,758 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 749 |
| 2012 | 76 | 556 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 56 | 699 |
| 2015 | 46 | 819 |
| 2016 | 43 | 861 |
| 2017 | 42 | 899 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Alenjo (for "Alexandra"), Kasanjo (for "Cassandra")
- French: Sandra
- German: Sandra
- Russian: Са́ндра

## People named Sandra

- Sandra Bullock, American actress and film producer
- Sandra Mason, 1st president of Barbados
- Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist (1930–2023)
- Sandra Oh, Canadian and American actress (born 1971)
- Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
- Sandra Perković, Croatian athlete who competes in the sport of discus throw
- Sandra Dee, American actress and model (1942–2005)
- Sandra Hüller, German actress (born 1978)
- Sandra Magnus, American astronaut
- Sandra Faber, American astrophysicist
- Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian (born 1955)
- Sandra Cisneros, American writer and poet (born 1954)

## 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.