Lander
- #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,162since 1913
Lander over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lander has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #3,053 | 40 |
| 2021 | #3,427 | 33 |
| 2020 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,055 | 38 |
| 2017 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #2,985 | 38 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | — | |
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| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Lander! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lander is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
Best ever in a state: #1,760 in New York, 2025.
Show every state
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| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 702 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #2,991)
- 353 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #2,991)
- 693 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1949 at #2,225 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 41,660
- Highest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 were named Lander (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,225 in 1949, was only 1 in 147,828 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 24.1% of all boys named Lander (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,821 (1913) | #3,119 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,804 (1921) | #3,570 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,742 (1934) | #3,406 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,225 (1949) | #2,805 |
| 1950s | 75 | #2,367 (1951) | #2,922 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,371 |
| 1970s | 41 | #3,836 (1977) | #4,509 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,052 (1985) | #5,082 |
| 1990s | 94 | #4,231 (1991) | #5,977 |
| 2000s | 198 | #3,379 (2007) | #4,672 |
| 2010s | 280 | #2,985 (2014) | #3,887 |
| 2020s | 217 | #2,991 (2025) | #3,261 |
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.
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