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Zander

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Zander is ranked 378th among boys in 2024 (864 births). Its best rank was 230th, in 2013.

Rank in 2024
#378down 23 from 2023
Births in 2024
8640.05% of boys
Peak year
20131,600 births
Best rank
#230in 2013
Since 1915
27,932people given the name
Babies named Zander, by year of birthboys
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

27,932 boys have been named Zander in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 1,600 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 246 → 378).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 51%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Zander
1910s9
1930s6
1980s12
1990s288
2000s8,253
2010s14,143
2020s5,221

In 2013, its biggest year

Zander was the 230th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.

Names that rose and fell with Zander

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.