How Many People Are Named Sanders?
people named Sanders are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 285,296 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,398 babies named Sanders in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sanders (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sanders alive today is about 44 years old, and 36% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sanders first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1951, to 47 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sanders has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #567, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #6,083.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,083 |
| Best rank | #567 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,467 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sanders alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sanders were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 19 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sanders was given 13.7 times as often in Georgia and 11 times in Louisiana.
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