Xander

maleStatistical record

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

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

Xander: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #153 in 2019, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#153highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#1664
2000	#579
2001	#533
2002	#524
2003	#337
2004	#338
2005	#299
2006	#360
2007	#409
2008	#354
2009	#353
2010	#323
2011	#349
2012	#274
2013	#271
2014	#266
2015	#277
2016	#268
2017	#197
2018	#176
2019	#179
2020	#200
2021	#174
2022	#184
2023	#178
2024	#197

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #176 among boys in Scotland, #197 among boys in England and Wales, #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #1664 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #153 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2007–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Xander appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 4,207 births with the name.

Xander across 3 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.

Xander'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1664 (1999)	#174 (2021)	#197 (2024)	26 of 26	4,207 (1999–2024)	308 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#396 (2023)	#509 (2025)	13 of 21	66 (2005–2025)	9 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#153 (2019)	#202 (2024)	13 of 18	95 (2007–2024)	16 (2019)

Xander by decade in England and Wales · 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 Xander in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	1 of 10	7
2000s	787	10 of 10	79
2010s	2,029	10 of 10	203
2020sbusiest	1,384	5 of 10	277

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 277 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 78, from 195 to 273.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Xander 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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in Northern Ireland in 2019.

Xander'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	#197	253	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#178	291	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#184	277	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#174	308	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#200	255	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#179	291	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#176	301	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#197	273	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#268	195	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#277	179	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#266	184	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#271	177	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#274	170	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#349	124	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#323	135	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#353	111	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#354	108	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#409	88	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#360	95	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#299	107	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#338	89	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#337	81	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#524	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#533	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#579	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#153	16	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#176	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #153, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 308 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 25 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Alayna · #153, 30y
Lennon · #153, 31y
Beatrix · #152, 30y
Honey · #152, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alayna · #153, 30y
Beatrix · #152, 30y
Honey · #152, 30y
Innes · #152, 28y

Xander was ranked #153 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2019. 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.

Xander 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 Xander without appearing here.

Xander moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1383 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #3036.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #2501.
Tor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #2501.
Fredrik Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1664 and #1505 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #533 and #2220.

Moved ahead of Xander

Albie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #153 and #178 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #270 and #132.
Roman Compare
In 2019 they stood at #153 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #270 and #139.
Cooper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #323 and #364 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #349 and #284.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #354 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #353 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Xander

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Xander

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Xander went from #1664 to #197 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #153 in Northern Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Xander

Xander at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Xander across 3 official records

Xander by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Xander appears in

Popularity data

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Xander at a glance

Xander across 3 official records

Xander by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Xander appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Xander

Xander and the names beside it

Xander moved ahead of

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