Sanderson — #9399 US boys' name
13 babies named Sanderson in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Sanderson was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sanderson in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanderson
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Sanderson between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanderson currently holds the #9399 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanderson performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sanderson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanderson 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 13 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.
Sanderson at a glance
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Current rank
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Sanderson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #9399 among boys.
13 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8 births in a single year.
Sanderson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Sanderson's all-time total
Sanderson decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Sanderson's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.