Sandar

Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Sanda

Sandar has been given to 167 babies in the U.S. since 1948. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1964, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Sandar, 1974

1 in 608,000

Sandar over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sandar: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Sanda

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sandar means

Sandar is a alternate transcription of Sanda.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sandar is used in Burmese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sàɴ.dà/ for Sandar.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Sandar is a alternate transcription of Sanda. Sanda has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sanda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 167 girls were recorded with the name Sandar between 1948 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1964; its best national rank was #3,844 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Sandar?

Sandar had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1974: 1 in 608,000; 5 of 3,039,803 births
Among girls only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1974: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 421,407 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sandar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1974 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 421,407 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sandar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sandars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sandar was born before 1964 — so the typical Sandar is around 61 today.

Median birth year: 1964; About 61 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 47.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 162; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 47.9% of all recorded uses (80).

Is Sandar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1964 (13)
Years since peak: 61; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,844; 1964

Spellings of Sandar

Sandar is not the most common spelling — Sandra is, with 67.5% against Sandar's 0.01%.

Sandra67.5%875,531
Wanda21.7%281,214
Sandy5.3%69,072
Sandi0.78%10,101
Shanda0.62%7,997
Sanaa0.47%6,146
Sana0.38%4,873
Santa0.34%4,370

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sandar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,844; 1964
Peak year: 1964; 13 that year
First recorded: 1948
Last recorded: 1974
All-time count: 167
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sandar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sanova Sanyla Sanari Sanaai Sanora Sanaii Sanika Sanvika Sanye Sansa Sanae Sanjna Sanaia Sanayah Sanaiya Sanylah Sanem Sanavi Sanita Sanovia Santia Santiago Sanyia Sanam

Sibling names for Sandar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lanette Zina Kenneth Zena Twyla Jacquline Kandy Jonna

For a brother

Richie Kennedy Greggory Lyndon Berry Robby Chet Darron

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