girls:
30 births since 1976
#5686 (0th percentile)
boys:
62 births since 1976
#4524 (1st percentile)
overall:
92 births since 1976
#7647 (1st percentile)
The name Bandy is the #7,647 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 92 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,524 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 62 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,686 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 1976.
Bandy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 . Birth data for Bandy is available in 10 out of the 11 years between 1976 and 1986 (9 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bandy has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.4% of all recorded births). In 1986, 100.0% of babies named Bandy were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (56.0% girls from 1976 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.1% boys from 1978 to 1986).
For boys, Bandy reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #682) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1986.
For girls, Bandy reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #757) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bandy".
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