Sander
Sander is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 260.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202046 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,626people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,547 boys have been named Sander in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 46 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 18%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 79 girls have also been given it, 4.9% of the total.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sander | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | |
| 1920s | 87 | |
| 1930s | 93 | |
| 1940s | 106 | |
| 1950s | 99 | |
| 1960s | 124 | |
| 1970s | 67 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 118 | |
| 2000s | 273 | |
| 2010s | 267 | |
| 2020s | 189 |
In 2020, its biggest year
Sander was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.
Names that rose and fell with Sander
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nylepeak 2016
- Gasparpeak 2024
- Landerpeak 2022
- Rolanpeak 2021
- Mauropeak 2006
- Luckypeak 2024
- Eliseopeak 2024
- Luciopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.