NameTides

Zander

Zander was the #396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (804 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Zander as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zander 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Zander 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#396 (804)#934 (33)#226 (18)#395 (3)#829 (3)#555 (52)
2024#374 (870)#651 (57)#199 (21)#305 (5)—#444 (69)
2023#355 (927)#587 (63)#145 (33)#312 (5)#770 (3)#333 (90)
2022#309 (1,088)#646 (54)#198 (22)—#779 (3)#336 (94)
2021#293 (1,152)#598 (63)#164 (29)#326 (5)—#346 (95)
2020#280 (1,195)#796 (39)#168 (27)#392 (3)—#340 (93)
2019#276 (1,297)#568 (66)#197 (24)——#375 (83)
2018#259 (1,400)#665 (52)#172 (31)—#749 (3)#346 (94)
2017#237 (1,563)#537 (72)#199 (27)——#296 (120)
2016#260 (1,394)#732 (46)#209 (24)——#266 (134)
2015#249 (1,470)#612 (60)#200 (26)#415 (3)—#262 (134)
2014#246 (1,524)#714 (45)#165 (35)——#224 (165)
2013#230 (1,600)#520 (71)#194 (27)——#256 (131)
2012#246 (1,471)#852 (36)#216 (22)——#276 (119)
2011#265 (1,308)#781 (39)#220 (21)——#236 (142)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #230.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 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 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zander is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zander by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #314MNIllinois: #433ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #303INOhio: #302OHPennsylvania: #332PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #359TNNorth Carolina: #365NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #414GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #469TXFlorida: #384FL
Zander (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#44528

Zander (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
ZanderCanadaBoys#55552
ZanderEngland & WalesBoys#93433
ZanderIrelandBoys#8293
ZanderNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
ZanderScotlandBoys#22618
ZanderUSGirls—too few
ZanderUSBoys#396804