Vander

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Vander is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 91 births. Its best rank was 744th, in 1887.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 910.01% of boys
Peak year: 202491 births
Best rank: #744in 1887
Since 1884: 1,688people given the name

Babies named Vander, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,688 boys have been named Vander in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 91 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 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Vander
1880s	20
1900s	16
1910s	76
1920s	80
1930s	69
1940s	85
1950s	82
1960s	64
1970s	48
1980s	25
1990s	22
2000s	184
2010s	531
2020s	386

In 2024, its biggest year

Vander was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Vander

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.