# Zander (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zander/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,786 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28,750 / 36 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,014, 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 | 8 | 12,751 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17,262 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,821 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,388 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18,093 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,308 | 265 |
| 2012 | 1,471 | 247 |
| 2013 | 1,600 | 230 |
| 2014 | 1,524 | 246 |
| 2015 | 1,470 | 249 |
| 2016 | 1,394 | 260 |
| 2017 | 1,563 | 237 |
| 2018 | 1,400 | 259 |
| 2019 | 1,297 | 276 |
| 2020 | 1,195 | 281 |
| 2021 | 1,152 | 293 |
| 2022 | 1,088 | 309 |
| 2023 | 927 | 355 |
| 2024 | 870 | 376 |
| 2025 | 804 | 397 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 71 | 520 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 60 | 612 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 72 | 537 |
| 2018 | 52 | 665 |
| 2019 | 66 | 568 |
| 2020 | 39 | 796 |
| 2021 | 63 | 598 |
| 2022 | 54 | 646 |
| 2023 | 63 | 587 |
| 2024 | 57 | 651 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Zander

- Zander de Bruyn, cricketer

## 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.