Vander
Vander was given to 139 boys in 2025, #1,357 among boys’ names; 1,828 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,470 Americans named Vander and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 4 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vander by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Vander?
#1,357 among boys’ names, 2025
Vander rose from #2,716 in 2015 to #1,357 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 23.5 to 81.4 per million.
139 babies in 2025, the peak
Vander peaked in 2025, when 139 boys were given it, #1,357 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 91 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,357 | 81.4 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,805 | 52.8 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,125 | 40.3 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,890 | 48.1 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,868 | 47.4 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,321 | 34.2 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,416 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,260 | 33.6 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,383 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,408 | 28.5 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | #2,716 | 23.5 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,577 | 25.0 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,178 | 32.2 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,182 | 32.2 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,475 | 26.9 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,956 | 20.8 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,986 | 20.2 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,098 | 18.6 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,118 | 12.0 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,992 | 12.2 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,604 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,229 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 10 | #7,211 | 5.1 |
| 2002 | 8 | #8,400 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,900 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,839 | 4.2 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,908 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,415 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 8 | #6,196 | 4.0 |
| 1987 | 5 | #8,079 | 2.7 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,742 | 3.8 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,288 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,331 | 4.1 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,717 | 3.0 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,993 | 5.7 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,434 | 6.4 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,967 | 3.7 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,885 | 3.4 |
| 1970 | 5 | #5,397 | 2.7 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,660 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,949 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,524 | 3.9 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,968 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 9 | #3,035 | 4.5 |
| 1963 | 6 | #4,027 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,290 | 3.9 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,534 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,273 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 9 | #3,021 | 4.2 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,241 | 3.7 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,200 | 3.8 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,188 | 3.9 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,159 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 8 | #3,132 | 4.1 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,668 | 5.1 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,049 | 8.0 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,216 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,211 | 7.4 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,708 | 3.3 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,525 | 6.2 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,385 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,408 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,522 | 4.2 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,015 | 3.6 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,643 | 7.3 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,119 | 6.0 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,092 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,513 | 5.4 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,896 | 7.5 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,444 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,110 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,167 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,452 | 10.5 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,084 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,005 | 8.2 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,444 | 11.2 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,064 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,135 | 8.0 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,157 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,719 | 6.3 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,604 | 10.9 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,842 | 6.4 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,194 | 8.2 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,189 | 8.5 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,857 | 10.2 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,354 | 7.9 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,937 | 9.7 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,161 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,603 | 11.8 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,861 | 19.9 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,036 | 18.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,981 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,822 | 25.7 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,361 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,531 | 34.1 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,294 | 41.9 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,022 | 49.6 |
| 1887 | 8 | #744 | 78.9 |
| 1884 | 6 | #965 | 52.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vander a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vander has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 99 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vander: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vander, and how old are they?
1,470 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 1,828 Americans ever recorded as Vander. The median Vander alive today is 10 years old; half are between 4 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 1,026 people named Vander (21 women and girls, 1,005 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,005 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 25 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 103 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 67 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 37 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 899 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vander
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Lawson | 19,138 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vander and names like it
- Compare Vander and LawsonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sVander peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vander since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Vander.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Vander alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.