How Many People Are Named Xander?
people named Xander are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,547 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,349 babies named Xander in Social Security records from 1990 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,421 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALEXANDER. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character on the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (1997-2003).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Xander in English. Counting Xander and these spellings together, about 68,488 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Xander (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Xander alive today is about 11 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Xander first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 2017, to 2,421 babies. In 2025, 1,335 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Xander has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #164, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #259.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #259 |
| Best rank | #164 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #198 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Xander alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Xander were born in California than in any other state: about 3,952 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Xander was given 2.3 times as often in Hawaii, 2.1 times in Montana and 2 times in Wyoming.
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