Wanderson
Meaning
Brazilian coinage, Wander (as in Wanderley) plus the English "-son"; a 1990s name from the -son workshop
Popularity, 1890–2024
Wanderson does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
Popularity in Brazil
77,186 people · the #401 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 2,632 · median age 28
Among people named Wanderson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 1,217 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Wanderson in official records · Spain
Spain
80 residents · #9,873 among men · mean age 35.6
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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