Mandy, as a given name, has never been as popular as Amanda, which spent 20 years in the top 10 -- from 1976 to 1995 -- according to the annual list of 1000 most popular baby names for girls as compiled by the Social Security Administration.
Mandy experienced a brief moment of glory in the mid-1970s, thanks to Barry Manilow's song of the same name, which spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, from November 16, 1974, to March 1, 1975. As a result, Mandy rose from #435 in 1974 to #106 in 1975 on the popular baby name's list. She reached as high as #94 in 1977 but then began a precipitous slide.
Mandy hasn't charted since 2005.
And come to think of it, I haven't heard much from Barry either.
Even now, if I'm listening to the radio and this song is played, I quickly reach out my right hand to find another station.
Barry Manilow: 'If it wasn’t for therapy, I wouldn’t be sitting here now’. (The Telegraph, 5/14/2012)
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