Ander
Boy · AHN-der · Greek
Ander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “manly”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 728th for boys in the US (365 babies).
What does Ander mean?
Greek: Basque form of Andrew
“manly”
Ander is the Basque form of Andrew, from Greek andreios, 'manly'.
- Say it
- AHN-der
Is Ander a girl's or a boy's name?
Ander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 365 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ander in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ander, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ander in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ander in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Ander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #728among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 365about 1 in 4,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 365 boys in the US were named Ander, making it the 728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 624th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 516 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had fewer boys named Ander than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ander in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 365 | #728 |
| 2024 | 488 | #585 |
| 2023 | 516 | #566 |
| 2022 | 514 | #572 |
| 2021 | 429 | #644 |
| 2020 | 430 | #624 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,261 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,348 |
| 2016 | 153 | #1,221 |
| 2015 | 132 | #1,334 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,551 |
| 2013 | 83 | #1,753 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
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