Wander
Wander is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Wander dos Santos Machado, Brazilian footballer Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player Wander Gross, Aruban footballer Wander Johannes de Haas (1878–1960), Dutch physicist and mathematician Wander Lowie, Dutch linguist Wander Luiz Queiroz Dias, Brazilian footballer Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior, Brazilian footballer Wander Mateo,…
Meaning & Origin of Wander
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wander is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Wander dos Santos Machado, Brazilian footballer Wander Franco, Dominican baseball player Wander Gross, Aruban footballer Wander Johannes de Haas (1878–1960), Dutch physicist and mathematician Wander Lowie, Dutch linguist Wander Luiz Queiroz Dias, Brazilian footballer Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior, Brazilian footballer Wander Mateo,…
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The Story of Wander
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Wander as a girl name dates back to 1955, when 9 babies received it. 1963 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Wander — #3,635 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Wander on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Wander last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 54 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Wander first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2019, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 9 births, good for #8,210 nationwide. About 74% of every Wander on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Wander last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 35 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Wander
Wander is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 54 births in the dataset. Wander's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #3,635. Use the chart and map above to compare Wander'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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