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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sander” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sander” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sander” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sander” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sander” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sander” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sander” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sander” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 -100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 13 0.00000622 13 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 5 10 -33%
1951 11 0.000002986 5 6 -9%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 13 0.000003266 13 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 14 0.000003387 5 9 -29%
1959 19 0.00000457 10 9 5%
1961 20 0.000004828 5 15 -50%
1962 15 0.000003717 5 10 -33%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 6 15 -43%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 20 0.000005754 8 12 -20%
1967 14 0.000004124 5 9 -29%
1968 23 0.000006808 5 18 -57%
1969 19 0.000005467 6 13 -37%
1970 23 0.000006377 7 16 -39%
1971 15 0.00000437 7 8 -7%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 -100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 24 0.000006281 24 -100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 39 0.000009756 39 -100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 -100%
2009 24 0.000006282 24 -100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 -100%
2011 32 0.000008748 32 -100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 -100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 -100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 27 0.00000755 27 -100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 -100%
2019 28 0.000008067 28 -100%
2020 46 0.00001377 46 -100%
2021 32 0.000009445 32 -100%
2022 41 0.000012119 41 -100%
2023 44 0.000013288 44 -100%
2024 26 0.000007811 26 -100%

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