Sander is a rare variant of Sandra that peaked in 2020 and remains in steady use.
Sander is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,030 for boy births in the United States (and #6,488 across all names), given to 41 babies. Sander was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 2020 (46 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | — | #3,030 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,173 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,885 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | — | #3,046 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,565 |
| 2020 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,722 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,882 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,293 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,966 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,665 |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,524 |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,989 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,944 |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,508 |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,418 |
| 2010 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,971 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,257 |
| 2008 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,410 |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,016 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,978 |
| 2005 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,375 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,836 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,259 |
| 2002 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,172 |
| 2001 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,598 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,753 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,984 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | — | #3,683 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | — | #5,222 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | — | #4,835 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,440 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | — | #4,745 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,704 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | — | #5,180 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,414 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,938 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,811 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | — | #3,674 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,522 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,389 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,931 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | — | #3,832 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,190 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #7,100 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,898 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,489 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,721 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,325 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,176 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #5,127 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | — | #3,907 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #7,200 | #3,902 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | #6,905 | #2,386 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #7,276 | #2,525 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | #7,943 | #1,953 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #7,622 | #2,953 |
| 1966 | 20 | — | #5,194 | #2,444 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | — | #2,352 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #6,637 | #2,187 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | — | #1,887 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #7,381 | #2,821 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | #7,359 | #2,221 |
| 1959 | 19 | — | #4,249 | #3,005 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #6,847 | #2,999 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | — | #3,213 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | — | #2,770 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | — | #3,824 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | — | #2,302 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | — | #2,027 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | — | #2,355 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #6,089 | #3,658 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #5,968 | #2,556 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | — | #2,102 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | — | #2,648 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,473 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | — | #1,998 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,383 |
| 1943 | 13 | — | — | #2,169 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | — | #2,687 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | — | #2,316 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | — | #2,648 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | — | #2,791 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,304 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | — | #2,111 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,375 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | — | #2,960 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,320 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | — | #3,058 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,760 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | — | #2,302 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,651 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | — | #2,287 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,098 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | — | #3,113 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,268 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | — | #3,766 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,240 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,177 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | — | #3,766 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,688 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,495 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,419 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | — | #2,589 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,850 |