Sender
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SEN-der
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Sender is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of men”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Sender mean?
Greek: Yiddish short form of Alexander
“defender of men”
Yiddish short form of Alexander, used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Sender a girl's or a boy's name?
Sender is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sender in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Sender, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Sender than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Sender in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sender in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Names like Sender
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Xander, Ares, Ander, Luca, Archer, Ledger, River, Karter, Wylder, Silas, Wilder, Iker
Names related to Sender
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Sender: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sender, updated 20 October 2026.