Sandi
Girl · SAN-dee · Greek
Sandi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Sandi mean?
Greek: pet form of Sandra, from Alexandra
“defender of men”
A short form of Sandra, which began as an Italian pet form of Alessandra.
- Say it
- SAN-dee
Is Sandi a girl's or a boy's name?
Sandi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sandi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Sandi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Sandi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sandi, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 368 girls. It first appears in the records in 1934.
Half of all the girls named Sandi in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Sandi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
- Sandy 55
- Sandi 5
In 2001, 85% of the babies named Sandi in the US were girls.
Sandi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,367 |
| 1985 | 111 | #1,232 |
| 1984 | 119 | #1,144 |
| 1983 | 113 | #1,165 |
| 1982 | 152 | #972 |
| 1981 | 164 | #912 |
| 1980 | 159 | #939 |
| 1979 | 182 | #854 |
| 1978 | 168 | #873 |
| 1977 | 174 | #850 |
| 1976 | 172 | #807 |
| 1975 | 211 | #702 |
| 1974 | 204 | #712 |
| 1973 | 215 | #692 |
| 1972 | 262 | #607 |
| 1971 | 286 | #600 |
| 1970 | 310 | #574 |
| 1969 | 274 | #601 |
| 1968 | 279 | #574 |
| 1967 | 279 | #567 |
| 1966 | 282 | #567 |
| 1965 | 261 | #592 |
| 1964 | 357 | #518 |
| 1963 | 331 | #533 |
| 1962 | 330 | #536 |
| 1961 | 357 | #518 |
| 1960 | 353 | #511 |
| 1959 | 368 | #509 |
| 1958 | 293 | #577 |
| 1957 | 221 | #660 |
| 1956 | 155 | #797 |
| 1955 | 102 | #988 |
| 1954 | 79 | #1,107 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,268 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,132 |
| 1950 | 88 | #958 |
| 1949 | 125 | #771 |
| 1948 | 173 | #626 |
| 1947 | 256 | #517 |
| 1946 | 218 | #534 |
| 1945 | 155 | #587 |
| 1944 | 104 | #747 |
| 1943 | 101 | #776 |
| 1942 | 98 | #762 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,065 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
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