Meaning and history
Xander is a short form of Alexander, popularized in the English-speaking world by a character on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).
20062006: 1,238 births, rank #280
2007: 1,227 births, rank #280
2008: 1,295 births, rank #268
2009: 1,447 births, rank #245
2010: 1,357 births, rank #253
20112011: 1,733 births, rank #205
2012: 1,715 births, rank #215
2013: 1,699 births, rank #220
2014: 1,839 births, rank #211
2015: 1,933 births, rank #206
20162016: 2,017 births, rank #201
2017: 2,414 births, rank #164
2018: 2,275 births, rank #171
2019: 2,335 births, rank #169
2020: 2,057 births, rank #187
20212021: 2,018 births, rank #187
2022: 1,899 births, rank #200
2023: 1,713 births, rank #215
2024: 1,671 births, rank #215
20252025: 1,335 births, rank #259
Xander moved from #215 to #259 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 2,414 births.