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Sandra

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~681,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,207 among girls
Births in 2025
188 878,223 since 1880
Typical age
68 years, median

Sandra popularity over time

Sandra rank by birth year, 1904–2025Sandra ranked #1,364 in 1904 and #1,207 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #5, in 1947.#10#100#1,000#1,207best #5 in 19471920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1904–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Sandra in 1947 than in any other year — 34,852 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1904. Sandra has spent 51 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1,207 with 188 births. The ten-year change is -44%. It slipped 163 places against the previous year.

Babies named Sandra per yearPeaks at 34,852 births in 1947.34,852 in 194701920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Sandra?

An estimated 681,400 living Americans are called Sandra. That is out of 878,223 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Sandra?

The typical living Sandra is 68 years old. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Sandra a mid-century perennial name.

Your Sandra

Ages of living people named SandraHalf of living Sandras are older than 68 and half younger.median 68020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Sandra is most common

Relative to births, California carries 1.6× the national share of Sandras. Alabama and Texas follow.

Where Sandra is used more than average3 states use the name Sandra more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 1.5× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.4× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Sandra is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 440 1.6×
Alabama 45 1.5×
Texas 358 1.4×

Sandra in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Sandra ranked #2,440 in 2025 on 11 births. That is 59% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Sandra comes from

A short form of Alexandra and, less often, of Cassandra.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Sandra

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Sandra Bullock American actress and film producer 1964 128
Sandra Mason 1st president of Barbados 1949 58
Sandra Day O'Connor American lawyer and jurist 1930–2023 53
Sandra Oh Canadian and American actress 1971 50
Sandra Kim Belgian singer 1972 47
Sandra Elkasević Croatian athlete who competes in the sport of discus throw 1990 44
Sandra Hüller German actress 1978 42
Sandra Dee American actress and model 1942–2005 42
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,370 in 1933 to 2,562 in 1934 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Sandra

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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