Sanders

Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 13 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,392
since 1880

Sanders over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sanders has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #538, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#6,46913
2023#4,88620
2022#6,82812
2021#5,33817
2020#5,69915
2019#8,2159
2018#6,70312
2017#4,46622
2016#4,19924
2015#6,67612
2014#4,53821
2013#5,92314
2012#4,13124
2011#5,94514
2010#8,1399
2009#5,80015
2008#4,71420
2007#5,66115
2006#6,90411
2005#6,63411
2004#6,13812
2003#6,71510
2002#8,4567
2001#6,44510
2000#5,29713
1999#7,1398
1998#5,84010
1997#4,05916
1996#5,53510
1995#3,69317
1994#4,09415
1993#4,22714
1992#3,74816
1991#4,76011
1990#4,16713
1989#4,81110
1988#3,35015
1987#4,23910
1986#4,4579
1985#4,05210
1984#5,5616
1983#2,78716
1982#2,83116
1981#4,5098
1980#3,25613
1979#3,56911
1978#2,92914
1977#3,03713
1976#2,70915
1975#3,07812
1974#2,79913
1973#2,51315
1972#2,41815
1971#3,3709
1970#2,89111
1969#2,04617
1968#2,10915
1967#2,03015
1966#2,62710
1965#5,8176#1,85618
1964#2,04016
1963#2,04416
1962#2,11715
1961#1,87619
1960#1,65824
1959#1,97417
1958#1,59324
1957#1,95217
1956#1,60824
1955#1,39630
1954#1,40829
1953#1,18939
1952#1,51725
1951#1,04047
1950#1,31330
1949#1,40927
1948#1,40027
1947#1,55523
1946#1,27830
1945#1,20430
1944#1,57419
1943#1,25830
1942#1,26830
1941#1,37224
1940#1,51920
1939#1,71216
1938#1,27527
1937#1,48121
1936#1,58718
1935#1,39024
1934#1,42523
1933#1,58619
1932#1,21631
1931#1,48922
1930#1,42826
1929#1,67220
1928#1,70720
1927#1,46826
1926#1,60522
1925#1,67921
1924#1,45827
1923#1,32230
1922#1,15838
1921#1,29632
1920#1,34829
1919#1,12238
1918#1,31329
1917#1,47923
1916#1,84916
1915#1,37224
1914#1,07328
1913#1,31116
1912#1,02320
1911#1,1909
1910#65420
1909#89311
1908#82511
1907#9309
1906#9278
1905#8369
1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902#1,0136
1901#9436
1900#83610
1899#1,0515
1898#8857
1897#9426
1896#72210
1895
1894#9546
1893#53813
1892#1,0665
1891#8416
1890#8846
1889#7228
1888#8157
1887#7527
1886#8456
1885#7008
1884#6639
1883#6778
1882#61110
1881#6538
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sanders was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Sanders is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sanders
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 608 spots since 2024 (#6,469#5,861)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#5,699#5,861)
  • 815 spots since 2015 (#6,676#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1893 (#1,066#538)
  • Biggest drop: 536 spots in 1911 (#654#1,190)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #538 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,640
  • Highest: 1 in 8,640 boys born in 1893 were named Sanders (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 11.8% of all boys named Sanders (282) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#611 (1882)#725
1890s64#538 (1893)#876
1900s81#825 (1908)#940
1910s223#654 (1910)#1,239
1920s265#1,158 (1922)#1,471
1930s227#1,216 (1932)#1,459
1940s260#1,204 (1945)#1,384
1950s282#1,040 (1951)#1,499
1960s165#1,658 (1960)#2,040
1970s128#2,418 (1972)#2,931
1980s113#2,787 (1983)#3,985
1990s130#3,693 (1995)#4,726
2000s124#4,714 (2008)#6,276
2010s161#4,131 (2012)#5,894
2020s92#4,886 (2023)#5,847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sanders in 1900

boys
#836
10 births · 1 in 15,047 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #836Sanders10
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 15,047 of them was named Sanders, which outranked 44.5% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sanders
  1. #785Tobe11
  2. #785Tyler11
  3. #785Verner11
  4. #836Sanders10
  5. #836Acie10
  6. #836Addie10
  7. #836Alvah10
  8. #902Alfonzo9
  9. #902Allison9
  10. #902Alois9

Tied with 65 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900