Ander

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Ander is ranked 585th among boys in 2024 (486 births). Its best rank was 564th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #585down 21 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4860.03% of boys
Peak year: 2023516 births
Best rank: #564in 2023
Since 1908: 4,182people given the name

Babies named Ander, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

4,182 boys have been named Ander in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 516 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 57%. It has spent 5 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)

By decade

Decade	boys named Ander
1900s	7
1910s	39
1920s	75
1930s	32
1940s	54
1950s	23
1960s	42
1970s	67
1980s	49
1990s	80
2000s	240
2010s	1,099
2020s	2,375

In 2023, its biggest year

Ander was the 564th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Ander

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.