Lysander — #2189 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lysander

The Social Security Administration has registered 703 babies named Lysander between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lysander currently holds the #2189 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lysander performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 301 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lysander shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lysander in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lysander 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 703 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.