Sander

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sander: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sander: Recorded since 1968, it reached #2 in 2000, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#2highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
19names it appears alongside

What stands out in Sander's record

Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 51 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2006	#3385
2008	#3158
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2013	#3822
2015	#4747
2017	#4812
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 51 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2024: #28 among boys in Norway, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #555 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #2 among boys in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1968–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #38 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Sander appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 10,613 births with the name.

Sander across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sander's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#555 (1968)	#2 (2000)	#38 (2025)	51 of 58	10,613 (1968–2025)	595 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#2587 (2001)	#3688 (2024)	10 of 25	41 (2000–2024)	6 (2010)

Sander by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sander in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	29	6 of 10	5
1980s	67	8 of 10	8
1990s	2,115	10 of 10	212
2000sbusiest	4,489	10 of 10	449
2010s	2,717	10 of 10	272
2020s	1,192	6 of 10	199

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 449 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 281, from 314 to 595.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sander appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 2000.

Sander's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#38	181	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#28	197	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#31	184	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#25	205	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#19	209	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#15	216	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#19	236	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#8	287	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#24	218	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#26	226	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#22	238	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#9	326	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#15	291	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#18	282	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#19	279	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#15	334	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#7	424	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#15	339	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#10	389	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#5	422	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#11	402	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#7	433	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#6	471	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#3	501	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#3	523	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#2	585	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#3	569	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#3	595	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#23	314	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#34	238	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#60	132	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#71	110	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#131	52	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#152	46	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#199	33	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#225	26	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#340	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#386	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#419	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#452	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#451	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#605	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#658	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#548	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 595 births, registered in Norway in 1998.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sanam · #1450, 27y
Sanaya · #852, 21y
Sandra · #3, 77y
Sandro · #715, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Deirdre · #7, 51y
Tuva · #11, 53y
Mariusz · #76, 48y
Anny · #79, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Caitlin · #2, 49y
Ciara · #2, 62y
Hannah · #2, 62y
Kylie · #2, 56y

Comparisons involving Sander

Existing comparison pages where Sander and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Sander in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Sander vs Christian
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Sander rose about as far as Christian fell — from #555 and #71 in 1968 to #38 and #131 in 2025.
Sander · Christian · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Sander vs Finn
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Sander rose about as far as Finn fell — from #555 and #81 in 1968 to #38 and #153 in 2025.
Sander · Finn · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Sander vs Nils
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Sander rose about as far as Nils fell — from #555 and #35 in 1968 to #38 and #61 in 2025.
Sander · Nils · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Sander and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Sander vs Anders
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Anders in Norway · Boys — #23 and #14 the year before became #3 and #19.
Sander · Anders · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Sander vs Eirik
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Eirik in Norway · Boys — #23 and #22 the year before became #3 and #25.
Sander · Eirik · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Sander vs Fredrik
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Fredrik in Norway · Boys — #23 and #7 the year before became #3 and #12.
Sander · Fredrik · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Sander measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Sander at its highest position.

Sander vs Vegard
Over 51 shared years in Norway · Boys, Sander rose about as far as Vegard fell — from #555 and #119 in 1968 to #38 and #219 in 2025.
Sander · Vegard · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Sander vs Jørgen
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Jørgen in Norway · Boys — #23 and #21 the year before became #3 and #23.
Sander · Jørgen · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking
Sander vs Kristian
In 1998, Sander moved ahead of Kristian in Norway · Boys — #23 and #11 the year before became #3 and #10.
Sander · Kristian · 51 shared years, 1968–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1998 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Sander was ranked #2 in Norway · Boys in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sander and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sander without appearing here.

Sander moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4812 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4812 and #1923 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4812 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4812 and #2172 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Sander

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2892.
Birk Compare
In 2024 they stood at #28 and #36 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #38 and #18.
Liam Compare
In 2011 they stood at #19 and #22 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #18 and #8.

Moved the opposite way to Sander

Anders Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 while Anders went from #39 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 while Arild went from #36 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 while Arne went from #28 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 while Bjørn went from #2 to #56.

Moved the same way as Sander

Adam Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 and Adam from #187 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 and Adrian from #332 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 and Aksel from #240 to #25.
Alan Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Sander went from #555 to #38 and Alan from #485 to #274.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sander

Sander at a glance

What stands out in Sander's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sander across 2 official records

Sander by decade in Norway · Boys

Sander appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Sander

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Sander

Sander and the names beside it

Sander moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sander

Moved the opposite way to Sander

Moved the same way as Sander

Sander at a glance

What stands out in Sander's record

Sander across 2 official records

Sander by decade in Norway · Boys

Sander appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Sander

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Sander

Sander and the names beside it

Sander moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sander

Moved the opposite way to Sander

Moved the same way as Sander