# Xander (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/xander/  
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 | /ˈzæn.dɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zander |
| US babies named this | 40,349 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 40,281 / 68 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,419, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 14,118 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,434 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,812 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14,040 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,408 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,312 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,400 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,259 |
| 2023 | 5 | 17,487 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,733 | 205 |
| 2012 | 1,715 | 216 |
| 2013 | 1,699 | 220 |
| 2014 | 1,839 | 211 |
| 2015 | 1,933 | 206 |
| 2016 | 2,017 | 201 |
| 2017 | 2,414 | 164 |
| 2018 | 2,275 | 171 |
| 2019 | 2,335 | 169 |
| 2020 | 2,057 | 187 |
| 2021 | 2,018 | 187 |
| 2022 | 1,899 | 200 |
| 2023 | 1,713 | 215 |
| 2024 | 1,671 | 215 |
| 2025 | 1,335 | 259 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 124 | 349 |
| 2012 | 170 | 274 |
| 2013 | 177 | 271 |
| 2014 | 184 | 266 |
| 2015 | 179 | 277 |
| 2016 | 195 | 268 |
| 2017 | 273 | 197 |
| 2018 | 301 | 176 |
| 2019 | 291 | 179 |
| 2020 | 255 | 200 |
| 2021 | 308 | 174 |
| 2022 | 277 | 184 |
| 2023 | 291 | 178 |
| 2024 | 253 | 197 |
| 2025 | 212 | 236 |

## People named Xander

- Xander Bogaerts, Aruban professional baseball player (born 1992)

## 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.