Xander
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #259 for boys in 2025, 1,335 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 2,414 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,281since 1990
Xander over time
Rank among boys' names. Xander has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #259 | 1,335 | |
| 2024 | — | #215 | 1,671 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #215 | 1,713 |
| 2022 | — | #200 | 1,899 | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #187 | 2,018 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #187 | 2,057 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #169 | 2,335 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #171 | 2,275 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #164 | 2,414 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #201 | 2,017 |
| 2015 | — | #206 | 1,933 | |
| 2014 | — | #211 | 1,839 | |
| 2013 | — | #220 | 1,699 | |
| 2012 | — | #215 | 1,715 | |
| 2011 | — | #205 | 1,733 | |
| 2010 | — | #253 | 1,357 | |
| 2009 | — | #245 | 1,447 | |
| 2008 | — | #268 | 1,295 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #280 | 1,227 |
| 2006 | — | #280 | 1,238 | |
| 2005 | — | #279 | 1,202 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #259 | 1,274 |
| 2003 | — | #234 | 1,424 | |
| 2002 | — | #542 | 408 | |
| 2001 | — | #752 | 229 | |
| 2000 | — | #927 | 165 | |
| 1999 | — | #924 | 159 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,338 | 89 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,396 | 34 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Xander! It came in at #8,117, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Xander is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#62 · 1 in 235
- Maine#73 · 1 in 225
- Wyoming#80 · 1 in 219
- New Mexico#84 · 1 in 300
- South Dakota#89 · 1 in 281
Best ever in a state: #62 in Hawaii, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #62 | 18 | 1 in 235 |
| Maine | #73 | 19 | 1 in 225 |
| Wyoming | #80 | 7 | 1 in 219 |
| New Mexico | #84 | 27 | 1 in 300 |
| South Dakota | #89 | 14 | 1 in 281 |
| New Hampshire | #93 | 16 | 1 in 269 |
| Kentucky | #102 | 53 | 1 in 408 |
| Indiana | #111 | 81 | 1 in 425 |
| Ohio | #111 | 134 | 1 in 436 |
| Oklahoma | #111 | 47 | 1 in 411 |
| West Virginia | #112 | 20 | 1 in 375 |
| Montana | #113 | 11 | 1 in 329 |
| Vermont | #113 | 5 | 1 in 303 |
| Nevada | #116 | 29 | 1 in 452 |
| Missouri | #123 | 68 | 1 in 450 |
| Iowa | #124 | 35 | 1 in 425 |
| Colorado | #128 | 53 | 1 in 499 |
| Arkansas | #129 | 30 | 1 in 457 |
| Michigan | #129 | 92 | 1 in 505 |
| Arizona | #131 | 68 | 1 in 509 |
| Utah | #135 | 42 | 1 in 484 |
| Alaska | #138 | 8 | 1 in 379 |
| Tennessee | #138 | 69 | 1 in 526 |
| Kansas | #143 | 30 | 1 in 502 |
| North Dakota | #151 | 9 | 1 in 450 |
| Washington | #151 | 59 | 1 in 603 |
| Wisconsin | #152 | 44 | 1 in 591 |
| Oregon | #153 | 31 | 1 in 561 |
| Pennsylvania | #162 | 81 | 1 in 719 |
| Florida | #163 | 137 | 1 in 706 |
| Nebraska | #164 | 18 | 1 in 543 |
| Minnesota | #168 | 43 | 1 in 630 |
| Connecticut | #175 | 20 | 1 in 702 |
| Idaho | #175 | 14 | 1 in 564 |
| Massachusetts | #175 | 41 | 1 in 703 |
| North Carolina | #175 | 72 | 1 in 713 |
| Illinois | #187 | 80 | 1 in 774 |
| Georgia | #190 | 71 | 1 in 756 |
| Louisiana | #190 | 34 | 1 in 702 |
| South Carolina | #190 | 29 | 1 in 724 |
| California | #212 | 230 | 1 in 938 |
| New York | #215 | 98 | 1 in 995 |
| Texas | #220 | 187 | 1 in 942 |
| Maryland | #229 | 26 | 1 in 1,019 |
| New Jersey | #239 | 36 | 1 in 1,135 |
| Alabama | #246 | 23 | 1 in 994 |
| Virginia | #260 | 34 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Mississippi | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Xander
- 44 spots since 2024 (#215 → #259)
- 72 spots since 2020 (#187 → #259)
- 53 spots since 2015 (#206 → #259)
- Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1999 (#1,338 → #924)
- Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2025 (#215 → #259)
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2017 at #164 (2,414 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
- Highest: 1 in 767 boys born in 2017 were named Xander (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,279 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 48.0% of all boys named Xander (19,317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 362 | #924 (1999) | #4,218 |
| 2000s | 9,909 | #234 (2003) | #407 |
| 2010s | 19,317 | #164 (2017) | #202 |
| 2020s | 10,693 | #187 (2020) | #211 |
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.
Xander in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 246,637 of them was named Xander, which outranked 31.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,615Zuhur8
- #11,615Zyion8
- #11,615Zylia8
- #12,713Xander7
- #12,713Aalaiyah7
- #12,713Aanshi7
- #12,713Aaradhana7
- #14,124Aabriella6
- #14,124Aaditri6
- #14,124Aafiya6
Tied with 1,410 names at #12,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 767 of them was named Xander, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.