Sanders
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAN-derz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Sanders is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Sander”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Sanders mean?
English: English surname from Sander, a medieval short form of Alexander
“son of Sander”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sanders a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanders is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanders in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Sanders, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sanders in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanders in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,039 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,458 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,122 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,310 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 8 | #677 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sanders: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanders, updated 20 October 2026.