Anderson

#1,241 for girls in 2025, 181 births · #363 for boys in 2025, 898 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#215
1882 · 58 births
Debut · boys
1880
43 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,991
since 1880

Anderson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anderson has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #215, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,241181#363898
2024#1,719118#356946
2023#1,780114#3321,009
2022#1,961100#3371,001
2021#2,02495#3281,003
2020#1,97795#3061,083
2019#2,59367#3181,057
2018#2,30279#2971,173
2017#2,23684#2941,201
2016#2,76162#3041,162
2015#2,45674#3061,186
2014#3,18451#3041,163
2013#4,07636#3031,154
2012#3,52345#2801,249
2011#3,30349#2941,145
2010#3,81640#3131,021
2009#5,53725#2881,142
2008#4,08938#3251,017
2007#3,98339#346926
2006#5,90622#399754
2005#5,80021#499496
2004#4,60129#594370
2003#7,20715#613340
2002#6,12918#664281
2001#6,61916#752229
2000#8,53411#784211
1999#6,48415#767208
1998#5,58318#871166
1997#5,62617#816179
1996#5,06519#808178
1995#7,04112#857160
1994#8,12210#810170
1993#7,49811#893143
1992#8,7349#844156
1991—#827156
1990—#881136
1989#9,6817#962112
1988—#916108
1987—#99691
1986—#95891
1985—#91798
1984—#98781
1983—#94587
1982#7,4698#94390
1981—#1,07771
1980—#1,01080
1979—#1,04072
1978—#96181
1977—#1,02770
1976—#96375
1975—#1,01965
1974—#1,00367
1973—#94173
1972—#91177
1971—#90182
1970—#92674
1969—#90371
1968—#1,02652
1967—#81877
1966—#85372
1965—#82679
1964—#83982
1963—#98459
1962—#84580
1961—#79093
1960—#83084
1959—#78895
1958—#75596
1957—#734104
1956—#74597
1955—#728100
1954—#664118
1953—#669113
1952—#70399
1951—#688103
1950—#668109
1949—#637115
1948—#68396
1947—#634118
1946#4,9605#642100
1945—#61696
1944—#64292
1943—#633101
1942—#584113
1941—#61396
1940—#591100
1939—#565102
1938—#61593
1937—#63785
1936—#556106
1935—#63386
1934—#62392
1933—#557105
1932—#62291
1931—#58899
1930—#540122
1929—#598103
1928—#537128
1927—#543129
1926—#509143
1925—#543128
1924—#538138
1923—#499149
1922—#517142
1921—#549129
1920—#450180
1919—#492147
1918—#518134
1917—#508128
1916—#488135
1915—#506121
1914—#459110
1913—#45690
1912—#42485
1911—#37256
1910—#35352
1909—#32550
1908—#33545
1907—#41730
1906—#30246
1905—#29945
1904—#27349
1903—#35330
1902—#31737
1901—#35926
1900—#27456
1899—#34627
1898—#27443
1897—#25846
1896—#29639
1895—#32931
1894—#24050
1893—#25846
1892—#27044
1891—#30530
1890—#21659
1889—#25142
1888—#26046
1887—#25439
1886—#29434
1885—#25642
1884—#24748
1883—#26338
1882—#21558
1881—#24440
1880—#25243
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anderson was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 38 boys a year got the name.

See more about Anderson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#356 → #363)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#306 → #363)
  • 57 spots since 2015 (#306 → #363)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1964 (#984 → #839)
  • Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1968 (#818 → #1,026)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #215 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 139 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,519
  • Highest: 1 in 1,519 boys born in 2012 were named Anderson (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,902 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #215 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,960 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Anderson (11,511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s430#215 (1882)#254
1890s415#216 (1890)#279
1900s414#273 (1904)#325
1910s1,058#353 (1910)#458
1920s1,369#450 (1920)#528
1930s981#540 (1930)#594
1940s1,027#584 (1942)#628
1950s1,034#664 (1954)#714
1960s749#790 (1961)#871
1970s736#901 (1971)#969
1980s909#916 (1988)#971
1990s1,652#767 (1999)#837
2000s5,766#288 (2009)#526
2010s11,511#280 (2012)#301
2020s5,940#306 (2020)#337

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anderson in 1987

boys
#996
91 births · 1 in 20,516 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #996Anderson91
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 20,516 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 87.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anderson
  1. #990Donta92
  2. #990Jacoby92
  3. #990Malachi92
  4. #996Anderson91
  5. #996Baron91
  6. #996Cleveland91
  7. #996Eliseo91
  8. #1,002Ernie90
  9. #1,002Vince90
  10. #1,004Alain89

Tied with 5 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →