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.
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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 351,813 of them was named Anson, which outranked 14.4% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 12,175 of them was named Anson, which outranked 92.0% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).