Xander — #215 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Xander

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,928 babies named Xander between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Xander currently holds the #215 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 2,413 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Xander performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19,312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Xander shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,799 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Xander in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Xander 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 38,928 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.