Saunders
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 193since 1912
Saunders over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Saunders has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
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| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
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| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Saunders! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Saunders is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Saunders in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Saunders
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1912 at #1,885 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1913, 1 yr 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 53,743
- Highest: 1 in 53,743 boys born in 1912 were named Saunders (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 23.3% of all boys named Saunders (45) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #1,885 (1912) | #3,208 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,697 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,656 |
| 1940s | 30 | #2,788 (1948) | #3,257 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,143 (1953) | #3,424 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,948 (1966) | #4,176 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,766 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,178 (1990) | #8,200 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,556 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,156 (2018) | #12,156 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,938 (2024) | #10,938 |
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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