Sander

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Peak · boys
#1,688
1937 · 17 births
Debut · boys
1912
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,588
since 1912

Sander over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sander has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,688, 1937boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,99141
2024—#4,07226
2023—#2,84844
2022—#3,00341
2021—#3,49732
2020—#2,68946
2019—#3,79428
2018—#3,24035
2017—#3,88927
2016—#3,59630
2015—#4,40722
2014—#3,89126
2013—#4,80419
2012—#4,39022
2011—#3,36432
2010—#3,89426
2009—#4,16024
2008—#3,34433
2007—#2,97439
2006—#3,88825
2005—#3,31930
2004—#3,73524
2003—#3,18629
2002—#3,09529
2001—#3,51224
2000—#4,57316
1999—#4,76214
1998—#3,59720
1997—#4,96012
1996—#4,61313
1995—#5,12411
1994—#4,53713
1993—#5,36010
1992—#4,87211
1991—#5,9428
1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,2297
1988—#3,52314
1987—#4,23910
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1985—#5,7856
1984—#2,82416
1983—#3,63011
1982—#3,96610
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1980—#6,2505
1979—#6,0565
1978—#4,1578
1977—#5,1236
1976—#5,5875
1975—#5,4645
1974—#4,6346
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1972—#3,6228
1971#6,6197#3,6588
1970#6,3627#2,29316
1969#6,6176#2,41513
1968#7,0165#1,89418
1967#6,8045#2,7609
1966#4,8668#2,32712
1965—#2,27013
1964#6,0096#2,11415
1963—#1,83919
1962#6,5785#2,67310
1961#6,5675#2,14815
1960——
1959#4,03110#2,8219
1958#6,1035#2,8189
1957—#3,0248
1956—#2,62810
1955—#3,5056
1954—#2,20713
1953—#1,95816
1952—#2,25112
1951#5,4145#3,3646
1950#5,3015#2,43810
1949—#1,94115
1948—#2,02714
1947—#2,49810
1946—#3,1736
1945—#1,92613
1944—#3,1096
1943—#2,07413
1942—#2,5239
1941—#2,20711
1940—#2,4789
1939—#2,6098
1938—#2,18511
1937—#1,68817
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1935—#2,02913
1934—#2,26611
1933—#2,7388
1932—#3,0927
1931—#2,8648
1930—#2,60910
1929—#2,19913
1928—#3,3577
1927—#2,19314
1926—#2,9049
1925—#2,9369
1924—#3,8676
1923—#3,4677
1922—#3,8726
1921—#2,9869
1920—#3,4897
1919—#3,3917
1918—#2,54311
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,8975
1915—#2,45810
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Sander! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Sander is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Sander, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: #1,831 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,107 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
  2. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
  3. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #586 in New York, 1932.

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Florida#1,83151 in 19,107
California#1,99871 in 25,068
Texas#2,28561 in 29,175
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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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See more about Sander
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,081 spots since 2024 (#4,072 → #2,991)
  • 302 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #2,991)
  • 1,416 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1937 at #1,688 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 2 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 37,523
  • Highest: 1 in 37,523 boys born in 2020 were named Sander (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,688 in 1937, was only 1 in 62,745 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 17.2% of all boys named Sander (273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s45#2,458 (1915)#3,008
1920s87#2,193 (1927)#3,127
1930s93#1,688 (1937)#2,453
1940s106#1,926 (1945)#2,396
1950s99#1,958 (1953)#2,701
1960s124#1,839 (1963)#2,271
1970s67#2,293 (1970)#4,510
1980s79#2,824 (1984)#4,556
1990s118#3,597 (1998)#5,095
2000s273#2,974 (2007)#3,579
2010s267#3,240 (2018)#3,927
2020s230#2,689 (2020)#3,183

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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