Recorded 1904–2025 · United States
Sandra was most popular in 1947, when 34,852 American babies were given the name — ranking #16 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,303, with 188 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 878,223 people named Sandra.
Sandra first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1904, which makes it about 121 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 122 of the 122 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 878,223 American births named Sandra between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 667,651 are estimated to be alive today.
188 American babies were named Sandra in 2025, ranking #2,303 that year.
Sandra is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 231 births a year, against 388 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -40% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Sandra is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 878,223 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 667,651 Americans named Sandra are alive today — 76% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 69 years old, and half are between 60 and 77.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Italian · short form of Alessandra
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org