Sandy

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sandy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sandy: Recorded since 1984, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #478, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#478highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sandy's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#2023
2002	#2105
2003	#1996
2004	#2112
2005	#1934
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#2095
2013	#2649
2014	#4684
2015	#3615
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2018	#2901
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#3192
2022	#5669
2023	#4709
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2 of the 30 years from 1984 to 2013.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2649 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1984–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sandy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 196 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1984.

Sandy across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sandy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1984)	#516 (1984)	#747 (2013)	2 of 30	7 (1984–2013)	4 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1697 (1998)	#2574 (2024)	28 of 29	196 (1996–2024)	13 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#2546 (2023)	#2921 (2024)	20 of 28	85 (1997–2024)	8 (2023)

Sandy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sandy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sandy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #478 in Scotland in 2024.

Sandy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1984 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #478, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 40 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Matty · #478, 26y
Reem · #478, 30y
Alya · #476, 29y
Marla · #476, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Chrystal · #476, 21y
Frieda · #483, 24y
Heloise · #483, 28y
Meghann · #488, 13y

Sandy was ranked #478 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sandy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sandy without appearing here.

Sandy moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #5891.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Sandy

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.

Moved the opposite way to Sandy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sandy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sandy went from #1755 to #2574 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1984 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #478 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sandy

Sandy at a glance

What stands out in Sandy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sandy across 3 official records

Sandy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sandy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Sandy at a glance

What stands out in Sandy's record

Sandy across 3 official records

Sandy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sandy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Sandy

Sandy and the names beside it

Sandy moved ahead of

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