girls:
10.1k births since 1934
#1586 (72nd percentile)
boys:
21 births since 1982
#4565 (0th percentile)
overall:
10.1k births since 1934
#2656 (66th percentile)
The name Sandi is the #2,656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,113 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 65.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,586 (72.3% percentile) for all time with 10,092 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #4,565 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 1982.
Sandi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Sandi is available in 86 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (86 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Sandi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sandi reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 40.1% percentile (ranked #470) with 182 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 182 births per million (ranked 40.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sandi ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sandi reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #802) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sandi".
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