Anson
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,932since 1880
Anson over time
Rank among boys' names. Anson has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #1,728 | 94 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,387 | 135 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,294 | 148 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,245 | 158 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,253 | 152 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,058 | 189 | |
| 2019 | — | #978 | 218 | |
| 2018 | — | #885 | 246 | |
| 2017 | — | #789 | 295 | |
| 2016 | — | #785 | 302 | |
| 2015 | — | #804 | 287 | |
| 2014 | — | #809 | 282 | |
| 2013 | — | #974 | 205 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,151 | 159 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,152 | 156 |
| 2010 | — | #1,245 | 141 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,103 | 167 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,046 | 181 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,206 | 146 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,265 | 132 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,170 | 136 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,144 | 137 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,277 | 111 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,346 | 98 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,298 | 101 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,497 | 81 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,580 | 69 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,666 | 62 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,499 | 70 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,671 | 57 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,801 | 48 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,792 | 47 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,820 | 45 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,486 | 58 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,615 | 49 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,204 | 71 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,133 | 72 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,188 | 64 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,125 | 68 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,054 | 72 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,130 | 63 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,082 | 71 | |
| 1981 | — | #934 | 93 | |
| 1980 | — | #867 | 105 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,137 | 62 | |
| 1978 | — | #908 | 90 | |
| 1977 | — | #767 | 123 | |
| 1976 | — | #873 | 92 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,042 | 63 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,215 | 47 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,745 | 26 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,222 | 46 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,117 | 44 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,199 | 41 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,628 | 24 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,388 | 33 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,559 | 26 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,420 | 30 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,388 | 32 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,696 | 20 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,333 | 30 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,373 | 27 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,322 | 27 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,124 | 33 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Anson was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Anson is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#841 · 1 in 34,850
Best ever in a state: #175 in Hawaii, 2007.
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| New York | #841 | 5 | 1 in 34,850 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Anson
- 341 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,728)
- 670 spots since 2020 (#1,058 → #1,728)
- 924 spots since 2015 (#804 → #1,728)
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 1980 (#1,137 → #867)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1892 (#597 → #956)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1887
- Highest: 1 in 6,274 boys born in 2017 were named Anson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.9% of all boys named Anson (2,291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #595 (1881) | #682 |
| 1890s | 44 | #597 (1891) | #848 |
| 1900s | 25 | #666 (1905) | #946 |
| 1910s | 214 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,282 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,101 (1921) | #1,498 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,463 (1936) | #1,933 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,268 (1942) | #1,550 |
| 1950s | 237 | #1,370 (1955) | #1,661 |
| 1960s | 332 | #1,106 (1965) | #1,408 |
| 1970s | 635 | #767 (1977) | #1,143 |
| 1980s | 728 | #867 (1980) | #1,133 |
| 1990s | 557 | #1,486 (1990) | #1,670 |
| 2000s | 1,290 | #1,046 (2008) | #1,235 |
| 2010s | 2,291 | #785 (2016) | #957 |
| 2020s | 876 | #1,058 (2020) | #1,328 |
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.
Anson in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 66,448 of them was named Anson, which outranked 68.9% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,339Thor32
- #1,339Titus32
- #1,339Wilber32
- #1,370Anson31
- #1,370Andrea31
- #1,370Antoine31
- #1,370Carolyn31
- #1,396Alexis30
- #1,396Anibal30
- #1,396Anselmo30
Tied with 25 names at #1,370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.