Sandra was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #5 in 1947 but is far less common today.
Sandra is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,210 for girl births in the United States (and #2,306 across all names), given to 188 babies. Sandra was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1947 (34,779 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | 188 | #1,210 | — |
| 2024 | 240 | 240 | #1,048 | — |
| 2023 | 235 | 235 | #1,062 | — |
| 2022 | 233 | 233 | #1,081 | — |
| 2021 | 259 | 259 | #994 | — |
| 2020 | 222 | 222 | #1,103 | — |
| 2019 | 262 | 262 | #987 | — |
| 2018 | 270 | 270 | #980 | — |
| 2017 | 301 | 301 | #895 | — |
| 2016 | 320 | 320 | #882 | — |
| 2015 | 338 | 338 | #830 | — |
| 2014 | 355 | 355 | #793 | — |
| 2013 | 357 | 357 | #764 | — |
| 2012 | 415 | 415 | #681 | — |
| 2011 | 473 | 473 | #611 | — |
| 2010 | 581 | 586 | #515 | — |
| 2009 | 586 | 591 | #519 | — |
| 2008 | 722 | 722 | #442 | — |
| 2007 | 800 | 800 | #407 | — |
| 2006 | 892 | 892 | #364 | — |
| 2005 | 1,019 | 1,026 | #315 | — |
| 2004 | 1,183 | 1,189 | #280 | #9,758 |
| 2003 | 1,180 | 1,180 | #266 | — |
| 2002 | 1,150 | 1,157 | #274 | #6,958 |
| 2001 | 1,216 | 1,224 | #264 | #9,055 |
| 2000 | 1,268 | 1,274 | #257 | — |
| 1999 | 1,287 | 1,307 | #248 | — |
| 1998 | 1,372 | 1,391 | #228 | #9,434 |
| 1997 | 1,448 | — | #202 | — |
| 1996 | 1,669 | — | #181 | #5,896 |
| 1995 | 1,719 | — | #177 | #5,441 |
| 1994 | 1,785 | — | #171 | #3,876 |
| 1993 | 1,897 | — | #168 | #4,946 |
| 1992 | 2,037 | — | #153 | #3,096 |
| 1991 | 2,155 | — | #143 | #4,182 |
| 1990 | 2,367 | — | #134 | #2,762 |
| 1989 | 2,371 | — | #129 | #1,762 |
| 1988 | 2,293 | — | #128 | #1,905 |
| 1987 | 2,432 | — | #115 | #2,627 |
| 1986 | 2,662 | — | #106 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 2,684 | — | #105 | #2,487 |
| 1984 | 2,908 | — | #94 | #2,025 |
| 1983 | 3,198 | — | #88 | #2,261 |
| 1982 | 3,688 | — | #80 | #1,765 |
| 1981 | 4,066 | — | #74 | #1,939 |
| 1980 | 4,029 | — | #80 | #2,044 |
| 1979 | 4,016 | — | #77 | #2,360 |
| 1978 | 4,018 | — | #69 | #3,194 |
| 1977 | 4,407 | — | #61 | #1,638 |
| 1976 | 4,895 | — | #59 | #1,601 |
| 1975 | 5,407 | — | #51 | #1,588 |
| 1974 | 6,293 | — | #44 | #1,969 |
| 1973 | 6,627 | — | #39 | #1,290 |
| 1972 | 7,954 | — | #31 | #1,409 |
| 1971 | 9,753 | — | #31 | #1,373 |
| 1970 | 11,300 | — | #27 | #1,128 |
| 1969 | 12,229 | — | #25 | #1,197 |
| 1968 | 12,726 | — | #26 | #1,213 |
| 1967 | 14,785 | — | #20 | #1,083 |
| 1966 | 15,904 | — | #17 | #1,006 |
| 1965 | 16,423 | — | #15 | #1,030 |
| 1964 | 19,325 | — | #13 | #878 |
| 1963 | 21,681 | — | #9 | #982 |
| 1962 | 22,484 | — | #10 | #950 |
| 1961 | 24,220 | — | #9 | #938 |
| 1960 | 24,632 | — | #11 | #995 |
| 1959 | 23,414 | — | #13 | #1,047 |
| 1958 | 21,891 | — | #15 | #1,014 |
| 1957 | 22,822 | — | #15 | #1,012 |
| 1956 | 24,344 | — | #14 | #1,187 |
| 1955 | 25,163 | — | #13 | #1,063 |
| 1954 | 26,103 | — | #13 | #1,167 |
| 1953 | 25,544 | — | #11 | #1,118 |
| 1952 | 26,138 | — | #10 | #1,163 |
| 1951 | 27,710 | — | #9 | #1,081 |
| 1950 | 28,942 | — | #8 | #1,050 |
| 1949 | 30,701 | — | #6 | #910 |
| 1948 | 31,123 | — | #6 | #887 |
| 1947 | 34,852 | — | #5 | #814 |
| 1946 | 31,768 | — | #6 | #766 |
| 1945 | 24,775 | — | #6 | #706 |
| 1944 | 26,101 | — | #6 | #711 |
| 1943 | 26,095 | — | #6 | #619 |
| 1942 | 25,070 | — | #6 | #739 |
| 1941 | 19,571 | — | #9 | #737 |
| 1940 | 16,202 | — | #10 | #917 |
| 1939 | 12,012 | — | #13 | #989 |
| 1938 | 10,851 | — | #14 | #947 |
| 1937 | 7,554 | — | #26 | #1,144 |
| 1936 | 5,548 | — | #38 | #1,455 |
| 1935 | 4,105 | — | #50 | #1,825 |
| 1934 | 2,562 | — | #93 | #2,241 |
| 1933 | 1,370 | — | #145 | #4,074 |
| 1932 | 822 | — | #216 | — |
| 1931 | 453 | — | #297 | — |
| 1930 | 298 | — | #392 | — |
| 1929 | 253 | — | #420 | — |
| 1928 | 235 | — | #444 | — |
| 1927 | 207 | — | #487 | — |
| 1926 | 171 | — | #534 | — |
| 1925 | 177 | — | #539 | — |
| 1924 | 145 | — | #625 | — |
| 1923 | 110 | — | #700 | — |
| 1922 | 97 | — | #740 | — |
| 1921 | 120 | — | #677 | — |
| 1920 | 112 | — | #689 | — |
| 1919 | 86 | — | #761 | — |
| 1918 | 72 | — | #850 | — |
| 1917 | 63 | — | #877 | — |
| 1916 | 43 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1915 | 49 | — | #956 | — |
| 1914 | 40 | — | #939 | — |
| 1913 | 36 | — | #899 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,212 | — |
| 1911 | 15 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,752 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,498 | — |
| 1908 | 15 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,346 | — |
| 1906 | 10 | — | #1,306 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,189 | — |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #1,462 | — |