Xander
Xander is ranked 216th among boys in 2024 (1,665 births). Its best rank was 164th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #216down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,6650.10% of boys
- Peak year
- 20172,413 births
- Best rank
- #164in 2017
- Since 1990
- 38,928people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,928 boys have been named Xander in the United States since 1990, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 2,413 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 211 → 216).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 50%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Xander was the 164th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Xander
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Damaripeak 2016
- Deaconpeak 2014
- Rayyanpeak 2015
- Aaryanpeak 2016
- Yuvrajpeak 2016
- Ayubpeak 2018
- Finniganpeak 2016
- Abhirampeak 2016
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.