Anderson

Where Anderson comes from

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.
— Wiktionary's entry for Anderson
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #252 among boys — 43 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #215
    58 babies named Anderson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #346.
  4. 1967
    Anderson Cooper born
    American journalist
  5. 1988
    Anderson born
    Brazilian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Anderson · Brazilian association football player, born 1988
  • Anderson Cooper · American journalist, born 1967
  • Anderson Silva · Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.