boys:
920 births since 1924
#3671 (20th percentile)
overall:
920 births since 1924
#6819 (12th percentile)
The name Sandor is the #6,819 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 920 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 11.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,671 (19.9% percentile) for all time with 920 births since 1924.
Sandor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (first recorded for boys in 1924). Birth data for Sandor is available in 85 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Sandor reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #644) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sandor ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 17.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sandor".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Sandor. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.7% confident that Sandor is pronounced as SAN-der, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAN-dor, at 26.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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