Fender — boys' name
86 babies named Fender in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Fender was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Fender in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fender
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Fender between 2009 and 2023, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fender currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fender performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Fender shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fender in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fender in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 86 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fender at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fender popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2009
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
86 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Fender by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 63 births that decade — 73% of Fender's all-time total
Fender decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fender's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Fender by state
Where Fender concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 5.8% |
5 of 86 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 5.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.