Vander — #1789 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Vander

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,688 babies named Vander between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vander currently holds the #1789 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 91 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vander performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Vander shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Vander in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vander 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 1,688 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.