Ander
#728 for boys in 2025, 365 births
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 516 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,549since 1908
Ander over time
Rank among boys' names. Ander has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #728 | 365 |
| 2024 | #585 | 488 |
| 2023 | #566 | 516 |
| 2022 | #572 | 514 |
| 2021 | #644 | 429 |
| 2020 | #624 | 430 |
| 2019 | #1,085 | 184 |
| 2018 | #1,261 | 145 |
| 2017 | #1,348 | 132 |
| 2016 | #1,221 | 153 |
| 2015 | #1,334 | 132 |
| 2014 | #1,551 | 103 |
| 2013 | #1,754 | 83 |
| 2012 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2011 | #2,403 | 52 |
| 2010 | #2,787 | 43 |
| 2009 | #2,991 | 39 |
| 2008 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
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| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ander! It came in at #1,113, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ander is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#603 · 1 in 3,600
- Florida#1,184 · 1 in 11,675
- Texas#1,464 · 1 in 18,025
- California#1,573 · 1 in 22,702
Best ever in a state: #156 in Delaware, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #603 | 6 | 1 in 3,600 |
| Florida | #1,184 | 8 | 1 in 11,675 |
| Texas | #1,464 | 10 | 1 in 18,025 |
| California | #1,573 | 10 | 1 in 22,702 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ander
- 143 spots since 2024 (#585 → #728)
- 104 spots since 2020 (#624 → #728)
- 606 spots since 2015 (#1,334 → #728)
- Biggest jump: 461 spots in 2020 (#1,085 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 143 spots in 2025 (#585 → #728)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 2023 at #566 (516 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2020–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,315 boys born in 2023 were named Ander (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,680 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 60.3% of all boys named Ander (2,742) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,113 |
| 1910s | 39 | #2,496 (1913) | #3,205 |
| 1920s | 75 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,357 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,849 (1932) | #3,152 |
| 1940s | 54 | #2,478 (1940) | #3,029 |
| 1950s | 23 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,511 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,546 (1964) | #3,409 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,751 (1975) | #4,079 |
| 1980s | 49 | #4,786 (1988) | #5,833 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,791 (1995) | #6,079 |
| 2000s | 240 | #2,753 (2008) | #4,250 |
| 2010s | 1,099 | #1,085 (2019) | #1,670 |
| 2020s | 2,742 | #566 (2023) | #620 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ander in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 22,790 of them was named Ander, which outranked 87.5% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,733Stuart84
- #1,733Sylis84
- #1,733Sylus84
- #1,754Ander83
- #1,754Abdulaziz83
- #1,754Archie83
- #1,754Heriberto83
- #1,763Angus82
- #1,763Auden82
- #1,763Brentlee82
Tied with 8 names at #1,754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.