How Many People Are Named Sandra?
people named Sandra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 518 people in the US has this name
Based on 878,223 babies named Sandra in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
โญโญ Common
Peak Year
34,852 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALESSANDRA. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by author George Meredith, who used it for the heroine in his novel 'Emilia in England' (1864) and the reissued version 'Sandra Belloni' (1887). A famous bearer is American actress Sandra Bullock (1964-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sandra (99.7%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sandra alive today is about 66 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 76 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sandra first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1947, to 34,852 babies. In 2025, 188 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Sandra reached #5 among girls' names in 1947, and was in the top 10 in 16 years between 1940 and 1963. In 2025 it ranked #1,210.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,210 |
| Best rank | #5 (1947) |
| Years in the top 10 | 16 |
| Years in the top 100 | 51 (1934 to 1984) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6 in the 1940s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sandra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sandra were born in California than in any other state: about 66,094 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sandra was given about 1.3 times as often in New Hampshire, Nevada and Vermont.
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