US Name Trends

Mandy

Pet form of Amanda, Latin for “worthy of love.”

1978peak year
No. 94best rank (1977)
42,603babies since 1880
outside top 1000 in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Mandy per year — peak 3,110▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Mandy appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1976 to 1978. Its biggest year was 1978, when 3,110 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 96 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1977, at No. 94. All told, 42,603 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Mandi (10,025), Mandie (2,733), Mandee (887) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s453No. 248
1890s490No. 351
1900s561No. 381
1910s803No. 472
1920s840No. 722
1930s484No. 876
1940s434No. 1114
1950s744No. 843
1960s1,896No. 647
1970s16,244No. 94
1980s13,135No. 132
1990s3,043No. 466
2000s2,261No. 845
2010s851No. 1908
2020s226No. 3536

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.