# Sanders (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sanders/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsændəɹz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,398 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,392 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -s.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 6 | 6,380 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 6,195 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,225 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,186 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,680 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7,004 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,296 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,568 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,049 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,744 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,927 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,517 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,177 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,036 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,758 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,086 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سَانْدَرْزْ
- Armenian: Սանդերս
- Chinese: 桑德斯
- Hebrew: סנדרס

## People named Sanders

- Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
- Walton Goggins, American actor (born 1971)
- Vern Law, American baseball player

## 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.