Sandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAN-dra
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,207 for girls
Sandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,207th for girls in the US (188 babies).
What does Sandra mean?
Greek: short form of Alessandra or Alexandra
“defender of men”
Originally an Italian short form of Alessandra, the feminine of Alexander.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Sandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 188 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sandra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Sandra, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 82 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sandra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#13), 1954 (#15), 1964 (#17) and 1974 (#73).
Sandra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 59 | #722 |
| 2013 | 62 | #709 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 58 | #728 |
| 2010 | 77 | #572 |
| 2009 | 73 | #581 |
| 2008 | 63 | #648 |
| 2007 | 78 | #534 |
| 2006 | 41 | #809 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 35 | #853 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 34 | #783 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 37 | #733 |
| 1996 | 30 | #816 |
How popular is Sandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,207among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 188about 1 in 8,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 188 girls in the US were named Sandra, making it the 1,207th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,099th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 34,779 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer girls named Sandra than any year since 1926.
Half of all the girls named Sandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 188 | #1,207 |
| 2024 | 240 | #1,044 |
| 2023 | 235 | #1,062 |
| 2022 | 233 | #1,077 |
| 2021 | 259 | #993 |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,099 |
| 2019 | 262 | #984 |
| 2018 | 270 | #979 |
| 2017 | 301 | #895 |
| 2016 | 320 | #876 |
| 2015 | 338 | #829 |
| 2014 | 355 | #790 |
| 2013 | 357 | #761 |
| 2012 | 415 | #679 |
| 2011 | 473 | #609 |
| 2010 | 581 | #514 |
| 2009 | 586 | #518 |
| 2008 | 722 | #442 |
| 2007 | 800 | #407 |
| 2006 | 892 | #363 |
| 2005 | 1,019 | #315 |
| 2004 | 1,176 | #280 |
| 2003 | 1,180 | #266 |
| 2002 | 1,140 | #274 |
| 2001 | 1,209 | #264 |
| 2000 | 1,268 | #257 |
| 1999 | 1,287 | #248 |
| 1998 | 1,366 | #228 |
| 1997 | 1,448 | #202 |
| 1996 | 1,659 | #181 |
| 1995 | 1,708 | #177 |
| 1994 | 1,768 | #171 |
| 1993 | 1,885 | #168 |
| 1992 | 2,015 | #152 |
| 1991 | 2,141 | #143 |
| 1990 | 2,343 | #134 |
| 1989 | 2,327 | #129 |
| 1988 | 2,258 | #128 |
| 1987 | 2,411 | #115 |
| 1986 | 2,639 | #106 |
| 1985 | 2,663 | #105 |
| 1984 | 2,881 | #94 |
| 1983 | 3,175 | #88 |
| 1982 | 3,655 | #80 |
| 1981 | 4,037 | #74 |
| 1980 | 4,002 | #80 |
| 1979 | 3,995 | #77 |
| 1978 | 4,005 | #69 |
| 1977 | 4,373 | #61 |
| 1976 | 4,861 | #59 |
| 1975 | 5,374 | #51 |
| 1974 | 6,270 | #44 |
| 1973 | 6,585 | #39 |
| 1972 | 7,917 | #31 |
| 1971 | 9,714 | #31 |
| 1970 | 11,246 | #27 |
| 1969 | 12,185 | #25 |
| 1968 | 12,686 | #26 |
| 1967 | 14,738 | #20 |
| 1966 | 15,851 | #17 |
| 1965 | 16,371 | #15 |
| 1964 | 19,249 | #13 |
| 1963 | 21,621 | #9 |
| 1962 | 22,420 | #10 |
| 1961 | 24,153 | #9 |
| 1960 | 24,572 | #11 |
| 1959 | 23,359 | #13 |
| 1958 | 21,834 | #15 |
| 1957 | 22,765 | #15 |
| 1956 | 24,302 | #14 |
| 1955 | 25,112 | #13 |
| 1954 | 26,061 | #13 |
| 1953 | 25,500 | #11 |
| 1952 | 26,097 | #10 |
| 1951 | 27,665 | #9 |
| 1950 | 28,896 | #8 |
| 1949 | 30,643 | #6 |
| 1948 | 31,063 | #6 |
| 1947 | 34,779 | #5 |
| 1946 | 31,692 | #6 |
| 1945 | 24,700 | #6 |
| 1944 | 26,024 | #6 |
| 1943 | 25,990 | #6 |
| 1942 | 24,994 | #6 |
| 1941 | 19,500 | #9 |
| 1940 | 16,153 | #10 |
| 1939 | 11,970 | #13 |
| 1938 | 10,806 | #14 |
| 1937 | 7,520 | #26 |
| 1936 | 5,526 | #38 |
| 1935 | 4,089 | #50 |
| 1934 | 2,550 | #93 |
| 1933 | 1,365 | #145 |
| 1932 | 822 | #216 |
| 1931 | 453 | #295 |
| 1930 | 298 | #392 |
| 1929 | 253 | #418 |
| 1928 | 235 | #443 |
| 1927 | 207 | #485 |
| 1926 | 171 | #534 |
| 1925 | 177 | #536 |
| 1924 | 145 | #623 |
| 1923 | 110 | #699 |
| 1922 | 97 | #739 |
| 1921 | 120 | #675 |
| 1920 | 112 | #687 |
| 1919 | 86 | #758 |
| 1918 | 72 | #848 |
| 1917 | 63 | #866 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,059 |
| 1915 | 49 | #944 |
| 1914 | 40 | #932 |
| 1913 | 36 | #881 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,178 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
Nicknames for Sandra
- Sandy 22 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Sandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sara Maria Lara Angela Sonia Melissa Iris Sophia Lana Rita Jessica Diana
Names related to Sandra
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sandra, updated 20 October 2026.