Vander
- #1,352 for boys in 2025, 139 births
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,828since 1884
Vander over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Vander has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,352 | 139 |
| 2024 | #1,795 | 91 |
| 2023 | #2,113 | 69 |
| 2022 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | #1,853 | 83 |
| 2020 | #2,292 | 59 |
| 2019 | #2,394 | 56 |
| 2018 | #2,230 | 61 |
| 2017 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2016 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2014 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,165 | 61 |
| 2012 | #2,172 | 61 |
| 2011 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2008 | #3,057 | 38 |
| 2007 | #4,011 | 25 |
| 2006 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Vander! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Vander is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Colorado | #626 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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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
Rising
- 940 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #1,352)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1887–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,288
- Highest: 1 in 12,288 boys born in 2025 were named Vander (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #679 in 1887, was only 1 in 12,676 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.1% of all boys named Vander (532) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #679 (1887) | #815 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,231 |
| 1910s | 76 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,318 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,317 (1929) | #3,013 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,301 (1936) | #2,919 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,115 (1948) | #2,752 |
| 1950s | 82 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,794 |
| 1960s | 64 | #2,409 (1961) | #3,113 |
| 1970s | 48 | #3,223 (1973) | #4,443 |
| 1980s | 25 | #5,147 (1985) | #5,988 |
| 1990s | 22 | #5,521 (1991) | #6,926 |
| 2000s | 184 | #2,946 (2009) | #5,104 |
| 2010s | 532 | #2,165 (2013) | #2,427 |
| 2020s | 525 | #1,352 (2025) | #1,880 |
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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