Philander — boys' name

What the Data Says About Philander

The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Philander between 1910 and 2004, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Philander currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Philander performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Philander shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Philander in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Philander 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 297 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.