Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vander

#3,310 most common boys' name of all time · #8,053 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among boys
#3,310
Rank overall
#8,053 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
1,828
Since 2016
751
Peak year
2025 #1,353
Best rank
#746 1887
Girls Boys peak 139/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Vander first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 139 139 #1,353
2024 — 91 91 #1,796
2023 — 69 69 #2,115
2022 — 84 84 #1,876
2021 — 83 83 #1,856
2020 — 59 59 #2,295
2019 — 56 56 #2,396
2018 — 61 61 #2,236
2017 — 55 55 #2,351
2016 — 54 54 #2,389
2015 — 45 45 #2,687
2014 — 48 48 #2,546
2013 — 61 61 #2,168
2012 — 61 61 #2,172
2011 — 51 51 #2,441
2010 — 40 40 #2,916
2009 — 40 40 #2,950
2008 — 38 38 #3,059
2007 — 25 25 #4,018
2006 — 25 25 #3,895
2005 — 12 12 #6,240
2004 — 16 16 #5,024
2003 — 10 10 #6,747
2002 — 8 8 #7,680
2001 — 10 10 #6,466
1999 — 8 8 #7,171
1991 — 9 9 #5,545
1990 — 5 5 #8,190
1989 — 8 8 #5,661
1987 — 5 5 #7,012
1985 — 7 7 #5,203
1983 — 5 5 #6,305
1979 — 7 7 #4,885
1978 — 5 5 #5,826
1976 — 9 9 #3,765
1973 — 10 10 #3,263
1972 — 6 6 #4,494
1971 — 6 6 #4,422
1970 — 5 5 #4,789
1968 — 7 7 #3,400
1967 — 6 6 #3,616
1966 — 7 7 #3,289
1965 — 9 9 #2,811
1964 — 9 9 #2,890
1963 — 6 6 #3,709
1962 — 8 8 #3,073
1961 — 12 12 #2,444
1959 — 8 8 #3,077
1958 — 9 9 #2,857
1957 — 8 8 #3,069
1956 — 8 8 #3,009
1955 — 8 8 #3,012
1954 — 8 8 #2,988
1953 — 8 8 #2,940
1952 — 10 10 #2,554
1951 — 15 15 #1,999
1949 — 13 13 #2,152
1948 — 13 13 #2,144
1947 — 6 6 #3,420
1946 — 10 10 #2,436
1945 — 10 10 #2,278
1944 — 6 6 #3,167
1943 — 6 6 #3,282
1942 — 5 5 #3,617
1941 — 9 9 #2,528
1940 — 7 7 #2,911
1939 — 7 7 #2,886
1938 — 6 6 #3,229
1937 — 8 8 #2,725
1936 — 10 10 #2,346
1935 — 5 5 #3,699
1934 — 5 5 #3,731
1932 — 11 11 #2,356
1931 — 8 8 #2,910
1930 — 9 9 #2,836
1929 — 12 12 #2,351
1928 — 9 9 #2,889
1927 — 9 9 #2,955
1926 — 6 6 #3,769
1925 — 7 7 #3,441
1923 — 12 12 #2,481
1922 — 7 7 #3,567
1921 — 9 9 #3,020
1920 — 9 9 #3,001
1919 — 10 10 #2,695
1918 — 8 8 #3,140
1917 — 9 9 #2,759
1916 — 8 8 #2,967
1915 — 10 10 #2,485
1914 — 13 13 #1,803
1912 — 8 8 #1,930
1911 — 5 5 #1,821
1910 — 5 5 #1,668
1908 — 6 6 #1,296
1907 — 5 5 #1,430
1903 — 5 5 #1,235
1888 — 6 6 #1,004
1887 — 8 8 #746
1884 — 6 6 #969