Boys' name · since 1998
Sanderson
Sanderson has 18 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,750 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sanderson currently ranks #12750 among boys' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanderson has been recorded 18 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #12750 nationally and more common than 8% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #29,860 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,750 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 18 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanderson ranks #29,860 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,750 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,750 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sanderson's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sanderson compares
18 7th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sanderson's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sanderson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sanderson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sanderson splits its recorded history at 2024: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sanderson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Sanderson by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Sanderson's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Sanderson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sanderson draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.