Is Sanders a boy or girl name?

Sanders is a boy’s name. Of the 2,398 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.2% were girls and 99.8% were boys.

Sanders

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Sanders was most popular in 1951, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,328 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,398 people named Sanders.

Sanders over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sanders’s peak in 1951. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sanders a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sanders is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 2,398 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sanders

Where Sanders is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org