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How popular is the name Lysander?

Births per year, rank history and how many Lysanders are alive today.

Lysander (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1382nd most popular that year.

The Lysander you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Lysanders born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lysander - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Lysander.

How many babies are named Lysander each year?

051015200020201997: 41999: 32002: 32003: 82005: 62006: 82007: 62008: 42010: 92011: 102012: 82013: 142014: 82015: 162016: 62017: 122018: 182019: 92020: 72021: 62022: 92023: 82024: 52025: 14actual

Where does Lysander rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,3371999: ranked 2,9432002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 1,7712005: ranked 2,4182006: ranked 2,0872007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 3,6872010: ranked 2,1992011: ranked 2,0392012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 1,6172014: ranked 2,4592015: ranked 1,5112016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 1,3822019: ranked 2,2662020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 3,0172022: ranked 2,3212023: ranked 2,5472024: ranked 3,6892025: ranked 1,798

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Lysander most popular?

Lysander peaked in 2018, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Lysander?

At least 230 people named Lysander born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Lysander?

Most living Lysanders are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 8.

Is Lysander becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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