first name
XANDER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,442 people named Xander, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 20.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Xander peaked in 2017, when 2,421 babies got the name.
At least 40,349 babies have been given the name since 1990. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Xander by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #374. The largest share of babies named Xander, 62.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Xander is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Xander has been most common in Nevada (3.5×), Utah (2.8×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.4×).
39,637 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Xander ranks #65,003 of 156,621, with 330 people. See Xander as a last name
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