Sanders is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1951 and has grown less common since.
Sanders is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,086 for boy births in the United States (and #12,810 across all names), given to 15 babies. Sanders first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1951 (47 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,086 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,758 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | — | #5,036 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,177 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,517 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,927 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,744 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,049 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,568 |
| 2016 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,296 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,004 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,680 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,186 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,225 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,195 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,667 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,033 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,866 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,859 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,336 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,020 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,448 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,148 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,209 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,848 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,525 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,743 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,215 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | — | #4,202 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | — | #5,895 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | — | #3,819 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | — | #4,254 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | — | #4,404 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | — | #3,889 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #5,040 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,366 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #5,105 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | — | #3,500 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,523 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | — | #4,774 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,288 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #6,189 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,892 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | — | #2,953 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,884 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,399 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | — | #3,770 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | — | #3,048 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | — | #3,171 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,801 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | — | #3,205 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,916 |
| 1973 | 15 | — | — | #2,586 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | — | #2,518 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,606 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | — | #3,038 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | — | #2,118 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | — | #2,177 |
| 1967 | 15 | — | — | #2,123 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 24 | — | #6,380 | #1,906 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | — | #2,101 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | — | #2,099 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | — | #2,176 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | — | #1,935 |
| 1960 | 24 | — | — | #1,685 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | — | #2,028 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #2,006 |
| 1956 | 24 | — | — | #1,639 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1954 | 29 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1953 | 39 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | — | #1,544 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 30 | — | — | #1,338 |
| 1949 | 27 | — | — | #1,429 |
| 1948 | 27 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | — | #1,590 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1945 | 30 | — | — | #1,225 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1943 | 30 | — | — | #1,278 |
| 1942 | 30 | — | — | #1,294 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | — | #1,406 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | — | #1,784 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1936 | 18 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,419 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1932 | 31 | — | — | #1,231 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1930 | 26 | — | — | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1928 | 20 | — | — | #1,750 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | — | #1,507 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | — | #1,651 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | — | #1,736 |
| 1924 | 27 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1922 | 38 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1920 | 29 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 38 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | — | #1,341 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | — | #1,523 |
| 1916 | 16 | — | — | #1,932 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | — | #1,403 |
| 1914 | 28 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1910 | 20 | — | — | #671 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #946 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | — | #869 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #991 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | — | #988 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | — | #911 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #895 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #982 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | — | #771 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #567 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,229 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #944 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | — | #981 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | — | #778 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #903 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #810 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #950 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #755 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #699 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | — | #715 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #641 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #693 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #895 |