Female name

Mandy

185 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 3.

Origin

Apheretic form of Amanda +‎ -y.

From Wiktionary, entry “Mandy”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

180200020102020

Peak in 1996: 18 births. 185 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

3,110018801900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 1978: 3,124 births. 42,603 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. At its peak, it ranked 94th among girls' names in 1977. It is still given: 186 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

In Ireland

230198020002020

Peak in 1980: 23 births. 357 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. It really came into use around 1980. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
France5,6451900–2025—
Switzerland610*1915–2025—
Quebec2371980–2025—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

M4A1N5D4Y7

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

3

expression, creativity, sociability

4 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 7 = 21 → 3

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

8

power, achievement, your relationship with money

1 + 7 = 8

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

4

work, structure, stability

4 + 5 + 4 = 13 → 4

Digits missing from the name
2, 3, 6, 8, 9
Most frequent digit
4 · work, structure, stability
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.