girls:
68 births since 2004
#5648 (1st percentile)
boys:
37.2k births since 1990
#584 (87th percentile)
overall:
37.3k births since 1990
#1293 (83rd percentile)
The name Xander is the #1,293 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 37,306 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 83.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #584 (87.3% percentile) for all time with 37,238 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,648 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 68 births since 2004.
Xander first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2004 for girls).
The name Xander has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Xander reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 82.3% percentile (ranked #163) with 1,219 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 1,219 births per million (ranked 82.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Xander ranks #212 for boys (76.8% percentile) with 928 births per million, which is 76.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Xander reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #931) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Xander ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Xander".
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