Zander
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · #396 for boys in 2025, 804 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 1,600 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 28,750since 1915
Zander over time
Rank among boys' names. Zander has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #396 | 804 | |
| 2024 | — | #374 | 870 | |
| 2023 | — | #355 | 927 | |
| 2022 | — | #309 | 1,088 | |
| 2021 | — | #293 | 1,152 | |
| 2020 | — | #280 | 1,195 | |
| 2019 | — | #276 | 1,297 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #259 | 1,400 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #237 | 1,563 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #260 | 1,394 |
| 2015 | — | #249 | 1,470 | |
| 2014 | — | #246 | 1,524 | |
| 2013 | — | #230 | 1,600 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #246 | 1,471 |
| 2011 | — | #265 | 1,308 | |
| 2010 | — | #294 | 1,119 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #287 | 1,147 |
| 2008 | — | #297 | 1,120 | |
| 2007 | — | #313 | 1,052 | |
| 2006 | — | #305 | 1,081 | |
| 2005 | — | #333 | 911 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #279 | 1,141 |
| 2003 | — | #312 | 957 | |
| 2002 | — | #533 | 420 | |
| 2001 | — | #664 | 274 | |
| 2000 | — | #986 | 150 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,181 | 109 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,436 | 79 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Zander! It came in at #2,621, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1933, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Zander is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#91 · 1 in 275
- Montana#126 · 1 in 393
- Idaho#128 · 1 in 447
- South Dakota#154 · 1 in 454
- Maine#155 · 1 in 505
Best ever in a state: #65 in North Dakota, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #91 | 15 | 1 in 275 |
| Montana | #126 | 10 | 1 in 393 |
| Idaho | #128 | 18 | 1 in 447 |
| South Dakota | #154 | 9 | 1 in 454 |
| Maine | #155 | 9 | 1 in 505 |
| West Virginia | #155 | 15 | 1 in 521 |
| Iowa | #163 | 27 | 1 in 564 |
| Minnesota | #164 | 44 | 1 in 636 |
| New Mexico | #164 | 15 | 1 in 559 |
| Michigan | #173 | 66 | 1 in 723 |
| Ohio | #175 | 78 | 1 in 760 |
| Indiana | #176 | 53 | 1 in 671 |
| Missouri | #180 | 44 | 1 in 718 |
| Kentucky | #181 | 30 | 1 in 727 |
| Utah | #190 | 30 | 1 in 699 |
| Wisconsin | #195 | 35 | 1 in 769 |
| Tennessee | #196 | 46 | 1 in 787 |
| Arizona | #205 | 44 | 1 in 819 |
| Nevada | #208 | 17 | 1 in 791 |
| Arkansas | #213 | 19 | 1 in 756 |
| Alabama | #218 | 25 | 1 in 924 |
| Oklahoma | #223 | 26 | 1 in 780 |
| New Hampshire | #229 | 5 | 1 in 926 |
| Pennsylvania | #231 | 54 | 1 in 1,097 |
| Oregon | #237 | 20 | 1 in 919 |
| Massachusetts | #252 | 22 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Nebraska | #269 | 10 | 1 in 995 |
| Illinois | #275 | 49 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Kansas | #275 | 14 | 1 in 1,119 |
| Washington | #277 | 32 | 1 in 1,157 |
| North Carolina | #287 | 39 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Florida | #302 | 62 | 1 in 1,580 |
| South Carolina | #312 | 14 | 1 in 1,515 |
| Mississippi | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Texas | #340 | 107 | 1 in 1,731 |
| Connecticut | #353 | 7 | 1 in 2,014 |
| Maryland | #355 | 15 | 1 in 1,837 |
| New York | #355 | 51 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Louisiana | #359 | 15 | 1 in 1,637 |
| California | #370 | 102 | 1 in 2,193 |
| Virginia | #394 | 20 | 1 in 2,081 |
| Georgia | #400 | 25 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Colorado | #411 | 14 | 1 in 1,969 |
| New Jersey | #478 | 14 | 1 in 2,966 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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.
See more about Zander
- 22 spots since 2024 (#374 → #396)
- 116 spots since 2020 (#280 → #396)
- 147 spots since 2015 (#249 → #396)
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 2001 (#986 → #664)
- Biggest drop: 54 spots in 2005 (#279 → #333)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2013 at #230 (1,600 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,182 boys born in 2013 were named Zander (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,124 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 49.2% of all boys named Zander (14,146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 9 | #2,621 (1915) | #2,621 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,277 (1934) | #3,277 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,751 (1988) | #6,351 |
| 1990s | 288 | #1,181 (1999) | #4,698 |
| 2000s | 8,253 | #279 (2004) | #431 |
| 2010s | 14,146 | #230 (2013) | #256 |
| 2020s | 6,036 | #280 (2020) | #335 |
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.
Zander in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 354,404 of them was named Zander, which outranked 14.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,361 of them was named Zander, which outranked 98.2% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.