boys:
3.7k births since 1908
#2042 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1908
#4512 (42nd percentile)
The name Ander is the #4,512 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,695 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 41.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,042 (55.5% percentile) for all time with 3,695 births since 1908.
Ander first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (first recorded for boys in 1908). Birth data for Ander is available in 89 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ander reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 46.7% percentile (ranked #493) with 274 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 282 births per million (ranked 46.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ander is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #487 (46.6% percentile) with 282 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ander".
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