Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ander

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Basque form of Andrew (manly)
Basque
Scandinavian

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ander

Pronunciation

a-nder, an-der

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #564, 516 births); most recent 2025 (rank #728, 365 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025365
2024486
2023516
2022514
2021429
2020430
2019184
2018145
2017132
2016153

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #2547, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4970, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20253
20243
20238
20225
20218
2020–
20196
20183
20175
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1994, 13 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202313
202211
20217
20207
20196
20187
2017–
20164
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #704, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence