Vander
Boy · VAN-der · Germanic
Vander is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “of the, from the”. In 2025 it ranked 1,352nd for boys in the US (139 babies).
What does Vander mean?
Germanic: from the Dutch surname prefix van der
“of the, from the”
From the Dutch surname prefix van der, 'of the', as in Vanderbilt; Vander is also a character in the animated series Arcane.
- Say it
- VAN-der
Is Vander a girl's or a boy's name?
Vander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 139 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,352among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 139 boys in the US were named Vander, making it the 1,352nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had the most boys named Vander of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Vander in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,352 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 84 | #1,874 |
| 2021 | 83 | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,164 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
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