girls:
79 births since 1950
#5637 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1912
#3133 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1912
#6146 (21st percentile)
The name Sander is the #6,146 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,600 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 20.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,133 (31.6% percentile) for all time with 1,521 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,637 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 79 births since 1950.
Sander first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1950 for girls). Birth data for Sander is available in 105 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (105 years for boys and 13 years for girls). 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.
The name Sander has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Sander reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #860) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sander is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #872 (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million.
For girls, Sander reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #762) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1971.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sander".
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