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Baby name

Sandy

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87% girls / 13% boys

Origin of the name

Sandy is a pet form of Alexander or Alexandra.

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Short-lived name

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Sandy peaked in 1960, when 1 baby in 1,139 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 98% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 2998. 33% of all babies named Sandy since 1880 were born in the 1960s.
69,072births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 126rank at its peak, in 1960

Where babies named Sandy are born

1960

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The darker the blue, the more common Sandy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Sandy is most common in California (1.5 times) and Ohio (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0%100%
1890s0%100%
1900s0%100%
1910s6%94%
1920s15%85%
1930s52%48%
1940s85%15%
1950s85%15%
1960s92%8%
1970s91%9%
1980s91%9%
1990s93%7%
2000s94%6%
2010s91%9%
2020s85%15%