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Vander: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 139 in 2025. Its best rank was #744 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #744 in 1887; #1,357 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Vander in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,357 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #744.
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Vander: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 139 boys in 2025. Peak: #744 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 139 (2025).
In 2025, 139 US boys were named Vander, making it the 1,357th most common boys’ name of the year, up 448 places from #1,805 in 2024. That is 48 more than the 91 boys named Vander in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #744, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 139, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,717 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vander in 99 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 6 babies. In all, 1,828 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 532 babies named Vander.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 751 US boys were named Vander; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 139. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,288 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Vander ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #525 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 7 | #525 | — |
| Colorado | 8 | #675 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #836 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #862 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,254 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,264 | — |
| Texas | 16 | #1,291 | — |
| Florida | 9 | #1,346 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,465 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,535 | — |
| New York | 7 | #1,561 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,974 | #2,912 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 139 | #1,357 |
| 2024 | — | — | 91 | #1,805 |
| 2023 | — | — | 69 | #2,126 |
| 2022 | — | — | 84 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | — | — | 83 | #1,869 |
| 2020 | — | — | 59 | #2,322 |
| 2019 | — | — | 56 | #2,417 |
| 2018 | — | — | 61 | #2,261 |
| 2017 | — | — | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | — | — | 54 | #2,408 |
| 2015 | — | — | 45 | #2,717 |
| 2014 | — | — | 48 | #2,579 |
| 2013 | — | — | 61 | #2,179 |
| 2012 | — | — | 61 | #2,183 |
| 2011 | — | — | 51 | #2,476 |
| 2010 | — | — | 40 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | — | — | 40 | #2,987 |
| 2008 | — | — | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2007 | — | — | 25 | #4,120 |
| 2006 | — | — | 25 | #3,995 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12 | #6,610 |
| 2004 | — | — | 16 | #5,234 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #7,218 |
| 2002 | — | — | 8 | #8,407 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,907 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,846 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,915 |
| 1990 | — | — | 5 | #9,424 |
| 1989 | — | — | 8 | #6,203 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #8,086 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,747 |
| 1983 | — | — | 5 | #7,292 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,333 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,720 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #3,995 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,436 |
| 1972 | — | — | 6 | #4,969 |
| 1971 | — | — | 6 | #4,887 |
| 1970 | — | — | 5 | #5,399 |
| 1968 | — | — | 7 | #3,661 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,950 |
| 1966 | — | — | 7 | #3,525 |
| 1965 | — | — | 9 | #2,969 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #3,036 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #4,028 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,291 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,535 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,274 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,242 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,201 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,189 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,160 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1952 | — | — | 10 | #2,669 |
| 1951 | — | — | 15 | #2,050 |
| 1949 | — | — | 13 | #2,217 |
| 1948 | — | — | 13 | #2,212 |
| 1947 | — | — | 6 | #3,710 |
| 1946 | — | — | 10 | #2,526 |
| 1945 | — | — | 10 | #2,386 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,409 |
| 1943 | — | — | 6 | #3,523 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #4,016 |
| 1941 | — | — | 9 | #2,644 |
| 1940 | — | — | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1939 | — | — | 7 | #3,093 |
| 1938 | — | — | 6 | #3,514 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,896 |
| 1936 | — | — | 10 | #2,445 |
| 1935 | — | — | 5 | #4,112 |
| 1934 | — | — | 5 | #4,169 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,452 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #3,085 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #3,007 |
| 1929 | — | — | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #3,066 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,136 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #4,159 |
| 1925 | — | — | 7 | #3,721 |
| 1923 | — | — | 12 | #2,605 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7 | #3,844 |
| 1921 | — | — | 9 | #3,195 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,190 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,858 |
| 1918 | — | — | 8 | #3,355 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1916 | — | — | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1915 | — | — | 10 | #2,604 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,862 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #2,037 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,982 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,823 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,362 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,532 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,296 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,023 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #744 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #965 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).