Sanders — #6454 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sanders

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,377 babies named Sanders between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanders currently holds the #6454 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanders performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sanders shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanders in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanders 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 2,377 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.