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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| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
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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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#168 · 1 in 560
- Nevada#201 · 1 in 753
- Oklahoma#264 · 1 in 982
- Arkansas#284 · 1 in 1,049
- Missouri#302 · 1 in 1,264
Best ever in a state: #65 in North Dakota, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #168 | 11 | 1 in 560 |
| Nevada | #201 | 15 | 1 in 753 |
| Oklahoma | #264 | 18 | 1 in 982 |
| Arkansas | #284 | 12 | 1 in 1,049 |
| Missouri | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Ohio | #302 | 40 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Indiana | #303 | 26 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Arizona | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,309 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 19 | 1 in 1,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #332 | 33 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Kentucky | #333 | 15 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Oregon | #351 | 11 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Tennessee | #359 | 23 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Michigan | #363 | 24 | 1 in 1,675 |
| North Carolina | #365 | 31 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Wisconsin | #374 | 14 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Alabama | #375 | 14 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Utah | #378 | 12 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Washington | #382 | 19 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Florida | #384 | 50 | 1 in 1,911 |
| Georgia | #414 | 27 | 1 in 1,860 |
| Illinois | #433 | 25 | 1 in 1,982 |
| South Carolina | #438 | 11 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| California | #448 | 71 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Massachusetts | #467 | 10 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Texas | #469 | 71 | 1 in 2,466 |
| Virginia | #473 | 16 | 1 in 2,328 |
| New York | #481 | 34 | 1 in 2,483 |
| Kansas | #524 | 6 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Colorado | #571 | 9 | 1 in 2,983 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| New Jersey | #655 | 10 | 1 in 3,977 |
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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 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
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1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 2,124 of them was named Zander, which outranked 97.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).