# Sandy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sandy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 79,530 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,458 / 69,072 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 301, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 110 | 1,838 |
| 2012 | 138 | 1,582 |
| 2013 | 134 | 1,615 |
| 2014 | 130 | 1,650 |
| 2015 | 107 | 1,905 |
| 2016 | 86 | 2,244 |
| 2017 | 98 | 2,015 |
| 2018 | 78 | 2,359 |
| 2019 | 78 | 2,327 |
| 2020 | 66 | 2,593 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,922 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,783 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,612 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,271 |
| 2025 | 55 | 3,020 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,902 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,251 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,531 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,980 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,610 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,539 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,036 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,278 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,745 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,610 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,593 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8,195 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,829 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,668 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,112 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Sandy

- Sandy Duncan, American actress, comedian, dancer and singer (born 1946)
- Sandy Koufax, American baseball player (born 1935)
- Sandy, Brazilian singer and actress
- Sandy Powell, English costume designer
- Sandy Casar, French cyclist
- Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball player and coach (born 1968)
- Sandy Baltimore, French association football player
- Sandy Martin, American actress
- Sandy West, American singer, songwriter, and drummer (1959–2006)
- Sandy MacIver, English association football player (born 1998)
- Sandy Petersen, American game designer (born 1955)
- Sandy Saddler, American boxer (1926–2001)

## 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.