NameTides

Lysander

Lysander was the #1,708 boys' name in the US in 2025 (95 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales.

Lysander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lysander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Lysander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,708 (95)#1,798 (14)—
2024#2,190 (66)#3,689 (5)—
2023#3,712 (30)#2,547 (8)—
2022#4,442 (23)#2,321 (9)—
2021#4,936 (19)#3,017 (6)—
2020#4,275 (23)#2,682 (7)—
2019#3,899 (27)#2,266 (9)—
2018#4,226 (24)#1,382 (18)—
2017#4,105 (25)#1,923 (12)—
2016#3,883 (27)#3,079 (6)#2,718 (5)
2015#3,299 (34)#1,511 (16)—
2014#2,754 (43)#2,459 (8)—
2013#3,339 (32)#1,617 (14)—
2012#3,714 (28)#2,458 (8)—
2011#3,434 (31)#2,039 (10)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,708.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1931.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lysander is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,600 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lysander by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Lysander (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LysanderCanadaBoys—too few
LysanderEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
LysanderNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LysanderUSBoys#1,70895