Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sanders

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sanders
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

72.3%

2024

All-time

2,377

Sanders has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1951, when 47 boys were named Sanders.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 72.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,377 Americans have been named Sanders and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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