Boys' name · since 1912
Saunders
Saunders has 193 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1912 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 193
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Saunders sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 193 recorded since 1912.
Saunders has 193 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2024.
- #13,197 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 193 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saunders ranks #13,197 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,197 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 193
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Saunders's 193 recorded births place it above 70.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saunders's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saunders's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1912 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saunders popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2024
- Peak year (1912)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Saunders by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Saunders's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Saunders births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
45 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Saunders's decade-level peak was the 1920s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1912–2024 (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 Saunders 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.