Sanders

Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,392
since 1880

Sanders over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sanders has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #538, 1893boys
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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—#5,86115
2024—#6,46913
2023—#4,88620
2022—#6,82812
2021—#5,33817
2020—#5,69915
2019—#8,2159
2018—#6,70312
2017—#4,46622
2016—#4,19924
2015—#6,67612
2014—#4,53821
2013—#5,92314
2012—#4,13124
2011—#5,94514
2010—#8,1399
2009—#5,80015
2008—#4,71420
2007—#5,66115
2006—#6,90411
2005—#6,63411
2004—#6,13812
2003—#6,71510
2002—#8,4567
2001—#6,44510
2000—#5,29713
1999—#7,1398
1998—#5,84010
1997—#4,05916
1996—#5,53510
1995—#3,69317
1994—#4,09415
1993—#4,22714
1992—#3,74816
1991—#4,76011
1990—#4,16713
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,35015
1987—#4,23910
1986—#4,4579
1985—#4,05210
1984—#5,5616
1983—#2,78716
1982—#2,83116
1981—#4,5098
1980—#3,25613
1979—#3,56911
1978—#2,92914
1977—#3,03713
1976—#2,70915
1975—#3,07812
1974—#2,79913
1973—#2,51315
1972—#2,41815
1971—#3,3709
1970—#2,89111
1969—#2,04617
1968—#2,10915
1967—#2,03015
1966—#2,62710
1965#5,8176#1,85618
1964—#2,04016
1963—#2,04416
1962—#2,11715
1961—#1,87619
1960—#1,65824
1959—#1,97417
1958—#1,59324
1957—#1,95217
1956—#1,60824
1955—#1,39630
1954—#1,40829
1953—#1,18939
1952—#1,51725
1951—#1,04047
1950—#1,31330
1949—#1,40927
1948—#1,40027
1947—#1,55523
1946—#1,27830
1945—#1,20430
1944—#1,57419
1943—#1,25830
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,37224
1940—#1,51920
1939—#1,71216
1938—#1,27527
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,58718
1935—#1,39024
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,58619
1932—#1,21631
1931—#1,48922
1930—#1,42826
1929—#1,67220
1928—#1,70720
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,60522
1925—#1,67921
1924—#1,45827
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,15838
1921—#1,29632
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,12238
1918—#1,31329
1917—#1,47923
1916—#1,84916
1915—#1,37224
1914—#1,07328
1913—#1,31116
1912—#1,02320
1911—#1,1909
1910—#65420
1909—#89311
1908—#82511
1907—#9309
1906—#9278
1905—#8369
1904—#1,0646
1903—#1,1305
1902—#1,0136
1901—#9436
1900—#83610
1899—#1,0515
1898—#8857
1897—#9426
1896—#72210
1895——
1894—#9546
1893—#53813
1892—#1,0665
1891—#8416
1890—#8846
1889—#7228
1888—#8157
1887—#7527
1886—#8456
1885—#7008
1884—#6639
1883—#6778
1882—#61110
1881—#6538
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sanders was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Sanders is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sanders
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 608 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,861)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,861)
  • 815 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #538)
  • Biggest drop: 536 spots in 1911 (#654 → #1,190)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #538 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,640
  • Highest: 1 in 8,640 boys born in 1893 were named Sanders (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 11.8% of all boys named Sanders (282) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#611 (1882)#725
1890s64#538 (1893)#876
1900s81#825 (1908)#940
1910s223#654 (1910)#1,239
1920s265#1,158 (1922)#1,471
1930s227#1,216 (1932)#1,459
1940s260#1,204 (1945)#1,384
1950s282#1,040 (1951)#1,499
1960s165#1,658 (1960)#2,040
1970s128#2,418 (1972)#2,931
1980s113#2,787 (1983)#3,985
1990s130#3,693 (1995)#4,726
2000s124#4,714 (2008)#6,276
2010s161#4,131 (2012)#5,894
2020s92#4,886 (2023)#5,847

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.

Sanders in 1893

boys
#538
13 births · 1 in 8,640 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #538Sanders13
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 8,640 of them was named Sanders, which outranked 54.4% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sanders
  1. #509Walton14
  2. #509Willam14
  3. #509Wyatt14
  4. #538Sanders13
  5. #538Abel13
  6. #538Adrian13
  7. #538Ansel13
  8. #572Alan12
  9. #572Arther12
  10. #572Billie12

Tied with 33 names at #538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →