# Sander (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sander/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsændɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,667 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,588 / 79 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5 | 5,968 |
| 1951 | 5 | 6,089 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,847 |
| 1959 | 10 | 4,249 |
| 1961 | 5 | 7,359 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,381 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,637 |
| 1966 | 8 | 5,194 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,622 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,943 |
| 1969 | 6 | 7,276 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6,905 |
| 1971 | 7 | 7,200 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,418 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,508 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,944 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,989 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,524 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,665 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,966 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,293 |
| 2019 | 28 | 3,882 |
| 2020 | 46 | 2,722 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,565 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,046 |
| 2023 | 44 | 2,885 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,173 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,030 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Sander

- Sander Boschker, Dutch association football player (born 1970)
- Sander Westerveld, Dutch association football player (born 1974)
- Sander van Doorn, Dutch DJ and record producer
- Sander van Gessel, Dutch association football player
- Sander Puri, Estonian association football player (born 1988)
- Sander Gillé, Belgian tennis player (born 1991)
- Sander Levin, American politician (born 1931)
- Sander Armée, Belgian road cyclist
- Sander Arends, Dutch tennis player (born 1991)
- Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player (born 1990)
- Sander Post, Estonian footballer (born 1984)
- Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player (1988-)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.