Sandy: Meaning of Baby Name Sandy

Sandy Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 10,445 baby boys have been named Sandy. The name peaked in 1954 with 268 US births that year (rank #445). In 2024, ranked #8186 nationally — 7,741 places below its 1954 peak.

Top States for Sandy

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Sandy births are: New York (1,091), North Carolina (908), California (670).

Other Scottish-Origin Names Like Sandy

If you like Sandy's Scottish origin, consider these related names: Abhainn, Abhainn, Aibne, Acair, Acaiseid, Achaius. Browse all Scottish names →

5-Letter Names Starting with S

Names with Sandy's exact length and starting letter: Saada, Sabah, Saber, Sabih, Sabir.

Quick Facts About Sandy

520

Scottish baby names in our dictionary

373

Scottish male names

200

5-letter S-names in our dictionary

691

S-male names total

2000–2005

years of US SSA records (6 total)

1,930

total US births named Sandy (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2005)

📉 Falling fast: Sandy dropped 221 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#648 in 2000 → #869 in 2005).

Annual US births named Sandy by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 386 girls named Sandy (girl rank #648 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2005, ranked #869 for girls (292 US births). That's 221 places below its 2000 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

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Compare Sandy to Other Popular Names

Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Sandy against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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Sandy vs Emma 202,477 births since 2014

Sandy vs Sophia 169,709 births since 2014

Sandy vs Isabella 158,431 births since 2014

Sandy vs Ava 157,356 births since 2014

Sandy vs Charlotte 151,872 births since 2014

Sandy vs Mia 149,779 births since 2014

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