NameTides

Xander

Xander was the #259 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,335 babies), and #236 in England & Wales and #404 in Canada.

Xander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Xander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSEngland & WalesCanadaIreland
Xander as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#259 (1,335)#236 (212)#198 (21)#185 (11)#509 (6)#404 (80)
2024#215 (1,671)#197 (253)#176 (25)#202 (10)#582 (5)#294 (112)
2023#215 (1,713)#178 (291)#185 (24)#249 (7)#396 (9)#314 (97)
2022#200 (1,899)#184 (277)#151 (33)#192 (11)#657 (4)#239 (139)
2021#187 (2,018)#174 (308)#163 (30)#192 (12)#552 (5)#291 (119)
2020#187 (2,057)#200 (255)#181 (25)#270 (6)#496 (6)#265 (126)
2019#169 (2,335)#179 (291)#175 (30)#153 (16)#764 (3)#237 (150)
2018#171 (2,275)#176 (301)#247 (17)#234 (8)#401 (9)#213 (170)
2017#164 (2,414)#197 (273)#199 (27)#415 (3)—#211 (176)
2016#201 (2,017)#268 (195)#247 (18)#232 (8)—#217 (168)
2015#206 (1,933)#277 (179)#194 (28)#314 (5)#503 (6)#198 (186)
2014#211 (1,839)#266 (184)#252 (17)—#609 (4)#235 (152)
2013#220 (1,699)#271 (177)#269 (15)#398 (3)—#200 (182)
2012#215 (1,715)#274 (170)#229 (20)——#198 (177)
2011#205 (1,733)#349 (124)#200 (25)#375 (3)#730 (3)#221 (153)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #164.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Xander is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Xander by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #262WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #267WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #306ILMichigan: #270MINew York: #276NYMassachusetts: #259MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #187NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #371INOhio: #281OHPennsylvania: #225PANew Jersey: #293NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #201CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #346CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #260AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #253LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #250ALGeorgia: #315GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #265TXFlorida: #212FL
Xander (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#27350

Xander (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
XanderCanadaBoys#40480
XanderEngland & WalesBoys#236212
XanderIrelandBoys#5096
XanderNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
XanderScotlandBoys#19821
XanderUSGirls—too few
XanderUSBoys#2591,335