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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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 1993

girls
#7,498
11 births · 1 in 164,461 girls
boys
#893
143 births · 1 in 13,716 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #7,498Anderson11

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #893Anderson143
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 164,461 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 52.5% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anderson
  1. #7,038Yudith12
  2. #7,038Yuriko12
  3. #7,038Zahraa12
  4. #7,498Anderson11
  5. #7,498Adaline11
  6. #7,498Adelene11
  7. #7,498Ai11
  8. #8,052Aaren10
  9. #8,052Abbagail10
  10. #8,052Abegail10

Tied with 553 names at #7,498; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 13,716 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 91.2% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anderson
  1. #889Julien144
  2. #889Montel144
  3. #889Sherman144
  4. #893Anderson143
  5. #893Alexandre143
  6. #893Augustus143
  7. #893Broderick143
  8. #901Andreas142
  9. #901Elisha142
  10. #901Hugh142

Tied with 7 names at #893; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →