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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Sondra

Sondra was the 13013th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1940, when it ranked 199th; the most babies were born in 1942 (897). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,310 places. More babies were named Sondra in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Meaning variant of Sandra (Alexandra) · English, Greek

Say it SAHN-druh /ˈsɑndrə/

Rank in 2025
#13,013 girls
Babies in 2025
7girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1942897 babies
Total since 1880
27,074babies recorded

What does the name Sondra mean?

Sondra is a 20th-century variant of Sandra, itself usually short for Alexandra and sometimes for Cassandra. Alexandra is the feminine of Alexander, from Greek alexein, "to defend", and anēr, "man"; Wikipedia accordingly glosses Sondra as "protector of man". Sondra was most popular in the US around 1939.

ἀλέξω (Ancient Greek, “I defend”)ἀνήρ (Ancient Greek, “man”)

How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary lists Sondra without an etymology; the Sandra link is the usual explanation.

Related names: Sandra, Alexandra, Saundra, Sandy.

See also: Greek names, names that mean protector.

Sources for this meaning

Sondra popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#13,0137
2020——
2010#14,7597
2000#4,38828
1990#1,197143
1980#749222
1970#440501
1960#439497
1950#366475
1940#199879
1930#1,04051
1920#4,9006
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Sondra, counting every spelling?

Sondra has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Sondra?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sondra (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sondra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sondra.

Chance of another Sondra in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Sondra?

About 18,700 people born in the US named Sondra are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 54 and 77. That makes Sondra a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Sondra by state

How common Sondra was among girls born in each state in 1940–1944, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kansas (4.2×), Indiana (3.3×), Nebraska (2.6×), Ohio (2.3×), Oklahoma (2.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mississippi.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesWI0.20Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesWA0.45Idaho: 0.99 per 1,000 babiesID0.99Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMN0.23Illinois: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesIL0.53Michigan: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesMI0.53New York: 0.58 per 1,000 babiesNY0.58Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: 0.74 per 1,000 babiesOR0.74Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesSD0.21Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesIA1.2Indiana: 2.0 per 1,000 babiesIN2.0Ohio: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesOH1.4Pennsylvania: 0.72 per 1,000 babiesPA0.72New Jersey: 0.47 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.47Connecticut: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCT0.12Rhode Island: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesRI0.26California: 0.76 per 1,000 babiesCA0.76Utah: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesUT1.3Colorado: 0.82 per 1,000 babiesCO0.82Nebraska: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesNE1.6Missouri: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesMO1.3Kentucky: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesKY0.63West Virginia: 0.76 per 1,000 babiesWV0.76Virginia: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesVA0.19Maryland: 0.84 per 1,000 babiesMD0.84Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.17New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 2.6 per 1,000 babiesKS2.6Arkansas: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesAR0.57Tennessee: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesTN0.38North Carolina: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesNC0.25South Carolina: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesSC0.15District of Columbia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesDC0.20Oklahoma: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesOK1.3Louisiana: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesLA0.25Mississippi: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMS0.12Alabama: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesAL0.30Georgia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesGA0.21Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesTX0.65Florida: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesFL0.41
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Sondra, girls, 1940–1944. Darker means more common.

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Middle names for Sondra

Questions about the name Sondra

What does Sondra mean?

Sondra means “variant of Sandra (Alexandra)” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Sondra?

Sondra was the 13013th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1940, when it ranked 199th; the most babies were born in 1942 (897). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,310 places. More babies were named Sondra in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Sondra a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sondra in the US.

Where was Sondra most popular?

In 1940–1944, Sondra was most common in Kansas (2.55 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Nebraska.