Ander
Ander was given to 365 boys in 2025, #728 among boys’ names; 4,549 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,310 Americans named Ander and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 3 and 10.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ander by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ander?
#728 among boys’ names, 2025
Ander rose from #1,334 in 2015 to #728 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.07 to 0.21 per 1,000.
516 babies in 2023, the peak
Ander peaked in 2023, when 516 boys were given it, #566 among boys’ names. The 365 births of 2025 are 71% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 365 | #728 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 488 | #585 | 0.28 |
| 2023 | 516 | #566 | 0.30 |
| 2022 | 514 | #572 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 429 | #644 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | 430 | #624 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,085 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,349 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 153 | #1,222 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (91)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 132 | #1,334 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,552 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 83 | #1,754 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,405 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,788 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,993 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,245 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,087 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,294 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,636 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,979 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,740 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,895 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,932 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,059 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,339 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,112 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,160 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,798 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,116 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,150 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,306 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,796 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,979 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,952 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,562 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,352 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,276 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,405 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,427 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,813 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,043 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,754 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,565 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,525 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,394 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,242 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,953 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,575 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,544 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,542 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,547 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,350 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,564 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,372 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,337 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,705 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,695 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,191 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,752 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,868 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,970 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,665 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,484 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,125 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,271 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,301 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,286 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,854 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,980 | under 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,088 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,463 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,399 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,425 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,029 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,954 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,638 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,887 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,830 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,409 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,734 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,276 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,509 | 0.01 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,118 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ander a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ander has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 91 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ander: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ander, and how old are they?
4,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 4,549 Americans ever recorded as Ander. The median Ander alive today is 5 years old; half are between 3 and 10.
The 2020 Census counted 1,821 people named Ander (56 women and girls, 1,765 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,719 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 37 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 86 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 91 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 429 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,650 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ander born?
The states with the most babies named Ander are Texas, California and Florida, with 53% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 75 | #451 | 1.6× |
| California | 54 | #559 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 37 | #490 | 1.2× |
| Arizona | 21 | #357 | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 11 | #632 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 11 | #502 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 10 | #807 | 0.6× |
| New York | 8 | #1,303 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,103 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,035 | 0.6× |
Where Ander is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ander is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ander with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ander
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ander and names like it
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- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ander alive today were born 2013-2025.
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