Anderson
#1,241 for girls in 2025, 181 births · #363 for boys in 2025, 898 births
Given to boys 95.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 43 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,991since 1880
Anderson over time
Rank among boys' names. Anderson has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,241 | 181 | #363 | 898 |
| 2024 | #1,719 | 118 | #356 | 946 |
| 2023 | #1,780 | 114 | #332 | 1,009 |
| 2022 | #1,961 | 100 | #337 | 1,001 |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 | #328 | 1,003 |
| 2020 | #1,977 | 95 | #306 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | #318 | 1,057 |
| 2018 | #2,302 | 79 | #297 | 1,173 |
| 2017 | #2,236 | 84 | #294 | 1,201 |
| 2016 | #2,761 | 62 | #304 | 1,162 |
| 2015 | #2,456 | 74 | #306 | 1,186 |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | #304 | 1,163 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | #303 | 1,154 |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | #280 | 1,249 |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | #294 | 1,145 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #313 | 1,021 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #288 | 1,142 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | #325 | 1,017 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 | #346 | 926 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #399 | 754 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #499 | 496 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #594 | 370 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #613 | 340 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #664 | 281 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #752 | 229 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #784 | 211 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #767 | 208 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #871 | 166 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #816 | 179 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #808 | 178 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #857 | 160 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #810 | 170 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #893 | 143 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #844 | 156 |
| 1991 | — | #827 | 156 | |
| 1990 | — | #881 | 136 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #962 | 112 |
| 1988 | — | #916 | 108 | |
| 1987 | — | #996 | 91 | |
| 1986 | — | #958 | 91 | |
| 1985 | — | #917 | 98 | |
| 1984 | — | #987 | 81 | |
| 1983 | — | #945 | 87 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #943 | 90 |
| 1981 | — | #1,077 | 71 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,010 | 80 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,040 | 72 | |
| 1978 | — | #961 | 81 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | — | #963 | 75 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,019 | 65 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,003 | 67 | |
| 1973 | — | #941 | 73 | |
| 1972 | — | #911 | 77 | |
| 1971 | — | #901 | 82 | |
| 1970 | — | #926 | 74 | |
| 1969 | — | #903 | 71 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,026 | 52 | |
| 1967 | — | #818 | 77 | |
| 1966 | — | #853 | 72 | |
| 1965 | — | #826 | 79 | |
| 1964 | — | #839 | 82 | |
| 1963 | — | #984 | 59 | |
| 1962 | — | #845 | 80 | |
| 1961 | — | #790 | 93 | |
| 1960 | — | #830 | 84 | |
| 1959 | — | #788 | 95 | |
| 1958 | — | #755 | 96 | |
| 1957 | — | #734 | 104 | |
| 1956 | — | #745 | 97 | |
| 1955 | — | #728 | 100 | |
| 1954 | — | #664 | 118 | |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #703 | 99 | |
| 1951 | — | #688 | 103 | |
| 1950 | — | #668 | 109 | |
| 1949 | — | #637 | 115 | |
| 1948 | — | #683 | 96 | |
| 1947 | — | #634 | 118 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #642 | 100 |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #642 | 92 | |
| 1943 | — | #633 | 101 | |
| 1942 | — | #584 | 113 | |
| 1941 | — | #613 | 96 | |
| 1940 | — | #591 | 100 | |
| 1939 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1938 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1937 | — | #637 | 85 | |
| 1936 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1935 | — | #633 | 86 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #557 | 105 | |
| 1932 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1931 | — | #588 | 99 | |
| 1930 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1929 | — | #598 | 103 | |
| 1928 | — | #537 | 128 | |
| 1927 | — | #543 | 129 | |
| 1926 | — | #509 | 143 | |
| 1925 | — | #543 | 128 | |
| 1924 | — | #538 | 138 | |
| 1923 | — | #499 | 149 | |
| 1922 | — | #517 | 142 | |
| 1921 | — | #549 | 129 | |
| 1920 | — | #450 | 180 | |
| 1919 | — | #492 | 147 | |
| 1918 | — | #518 | 134 | |
| 1917 | — | #508 | 128 | |
| 1916 | — | #488 | 135 | |
| 1915 | — | #506 | 121 | |
| 1914 | — | #459 | 110 | |
| 1913 | — | #456 | 90 | |
| 1912 | — | #424 | 85 | |
| 1911 | — | #372 | 56 | |
| 1910 | — | #353 | 52 | |
| 1909 | — | #325 | 50 | |
| 1908 | — | #335 | 45 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #302 | 46 | |
| 1905 | — | #299 | 45 | |
| 1904 | — | #273 | 49 | |
| 1903 | — | #353 | 30 | |
| 1902 | — | #317 | 37 | |
| 1901 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1900 | — | #274 | 56 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #274 | 43 | |
| 1897 | — | #258 | 46 | |
| 1896 | — | #296 | 39 | |
| 1895 | — | #329 | 31 | |
| 1894 | — | #240 | 50 | |
| 1893 | — | #258 | 46 | |
| 1892 | — | #270 | 44 | |
| 1891 | — | #305 | 30 | |
| 1890 | — | #216 | 59 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #260 | 46 | |
| 1887 | — | #254 | 39 | |
| 1886 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1885 | — | #256 | 42 | |
| 1884 | — | #247 | 48 | |
| 1883 | — | #263 | 38 | |
| 1882 | — | #215 | 58 | |
| 1881 | — | #244 | 40 | |
| 1880 | — | #252 | 43 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #215 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–1967
- 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
- 33.9% of all boys named Anderson (11,511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 430 | #215 (1882) | #254 |
| 1890s | 415 | #216 (1890) | #279 |
| 1900s | 414 | #273 (1904) | #325 |
| 1910s | 1,058 | #353 (1910) | #458 |
| 1920s | 1,369 | #450 (1920) | #528 |
| 1930s | 981 | #540 (1930) | #594 |
| 1940s | 1,027 | #584 (1942) | #628 |
| 1950s | 1,034 | #664 (1954) | #714 |
| 1960s | 749 | #790 (1961) | #871 |
| 1970s | 736 | #901 (1971) | #969 |
| 1980s | 909 | #916 (1988) | #971 |
| 1990s | 1,652 | #767 (1999) | #837 |
| 2000s | 5,766 | #288 (2009) | #526 |
| 2010s | 11,511 | #280 (2012) | #301 |
| 2020s | 5,940 | #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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 20,553 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 87.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,221Shyanne85
- #2,221Zamira85
- #2,221Zaniya85
- #2,236Anderson84
- #2,236Aaradhya84
- #2,236Adora84
- #2,236Afton84
- #2,257Alya83
- #2,257Analee83
- #2,257Anvi83
Tied with 20 names at #2,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,541 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.