Skender
Skender is a masculine first name, commonly found in Albania and Kosovo and among people of Bosniak ethnicity in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. Skender is also used as a surname and there are a number of closely related family names found globally which are derived from Skender. Modern Skender Surname distribution
Meaning & Origin of Skender
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Skender is a masculine first name, commonly found in Albania and Kosovo and among people of Bosniak ethnicity in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. Skender is also used as a surname and there are a number of closely related family names found globally which are derived from Skender. Modern Skender Surname distribution
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The Story of Skender
Skender first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2019, with 11 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 11 Skenders were born — ranking #7,170 that year. As of 2026, Skender ranks #7,170 for baby boys with 11 births, with steady use. In total, more than 11 Skenders have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Skender
Skender is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Skender's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #7,170. Use the chart and map above to compare Skender's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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