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
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,392since 1880
Sanders over time
Rank among boys' names. Sanders has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,131 | 24 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,517 | 25 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,040 | 47 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,409 | 27 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,278 | 30 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,204 | 30 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,489 | 22 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,428 | 26 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,707 | 20 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,458 | 27 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#490 · 1 in 7,994
Best ever in a state: #128 in Louisiana, 1910.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #490 | 5 | 1 in 7,994 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sanders
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #538 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1880–1891
- 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%)
- 11.8% of all boys named Sanders (282) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #611 (1882) | #725 |
| 1890s | 64 | #538 (1893) | #876 |
| 1900s | 81 | #825 (1908) | #940 |
| 1910s | 223 | #654 (1910) | #1,239 |
| 1920s | 265 | #1,158 (1922) | #1,471 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,216 (1932) | #1,459 |
| 1940s | 260 | #1,204 (1945) | #1,384 |
| 1950s | 282 | #1,040 (1951) | #1,499 |
| 1960s | 165 | #1,658 (1960) | #2,040 |
| 1970s | 128 | #2,418 (1972) | #2,931 |
| 1980s | 113 | #2,787 (1983) | #3,985 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,693 (1995) | #4,726 |
| 2000s | 124 | #4,714 (2008) | #6,276 |
| 2010s | 161 | #4,131 (2012) | #5,894 |
| 2020s | 92 | #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 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 88,138 of them was named Sanders, which outranked 63.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,568Tobin25
- #1,568Vester25
- #1,568Zachery25
- #1,608Sanders24
- #1,608Abner24
- #1,608Alain24
- #1,608Archibald24
- #1,642Alvino23
- #1,642Bernice23
- #1,642Braden23
Tied with 33 names at #1,608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.