NameTides

Sander

Sander was the #2,991 boys' name in the US in 2025 (41 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Sander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sander 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sander 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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#2,991 (41)#5,137 (3)—
2024#4,072 (26)#3,689 (5)#3,072 (5)
2023#2,848 (44)—#2,614 (6)
2022#3,003 (41)——
2021#3,497 (32)——
2020#2,689 (46)——
2019#3,794 (28)——
2018#3,240 (35)——
2017#3,889 (27)#4,812 (3)#2,198 (7)
2016#3,596 (30)——
2015#4,407 (22)#4,747 (3)—
2014#3,891 (26)——
2013#4,804 (19)#3,822 (4)—
2012#4,390 (22)——
2011#3,364 (32)#3,830 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #2,689.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.
  • In 1971, 47% of US babies named Sander were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 42,000 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 42,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sander is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 46,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 28,000 to 1 in 77,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sander 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Sander (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
SanderCanadaBoys—too few
SanderEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
SanderUSGirls—too few
SanderUSBoys#2,99141