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.
Where Anderson is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#75 · 1 in 243
- Maryland#139 · 1 in 616
- Virginia#163 · 1 in 721
- Massachusetts#163 · 1 in 741
- New York#167 · 1 in 869
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #75 | 17 | 1 in 243 |
| Maryland | #139 | 45 | 1 in 616 |
| Massachusetts | #163 | 40 | 1 in 741 |
| Virginia | #163 | 58 | 1 in 721 |
| New York | #167 | 120 | 1 in 869 |
| North Carolina | #169 | 66 | 1 in 766 |
| Ohio | #175 | 74 | 1 in 808 |
| Delaware | #184 | 5 | 1 in 710 |
| Rhode Island | #186 | 5 | 1 in 786 |
| Connecticut | #208 | 15 | 1 in 957 |
| Kentucky | #209 | 24 | 1 in 924 |
| Louisiana | #210 | 26 | 1 in 930 |
| New Jersey | #220 | 36 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Alabama | #221 | 22 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Georgia | #228 | 51 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Maine | #230 | 5 | 1 in 948 |
| Mississippi | #232 | 13 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Florida | #255 | 70 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Indiana | #265 | 30 | 1 in 1,189 |
| South Carolina | #273 | 15 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Tennessee | #279 | 26 | 1 in 1,377 |
| West Virginia | #283 | 6 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Pennsylvania | #300 | 35 | 1 in 1,721 |
| Missouri | #315 | 20 | 1 in 1,588 |
| Wisconsin | #323 | 16 | 1 in 1,706 |
| California | #335 | 114 | 1 in 2,022 |
| Idaho | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,350 |
| Washington | #342 | 21 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Texas | #344 | 91 | 1 in 1,952 |
| Michigan | #346 | 25 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Colorado | #353 | 16 | 1 in 1,697 |
| Oklahoma | #355 | 13 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Nebraska | #361 | 6 | 1 in 1,649 |
| Utah | #402 | 11 | 1 in 1,969 |
| New Mexico | #403 | 5 | 1 in 1,939 |
| Arkansas | #412 | 7 | 1 in 2,040 |
| Iowa | #419 | 7 | 1 in 2,160 |
| Nevada | #426 | 6 | 1 in 2,214 |
| Illinois | #440 | 25 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Oregon | #477 | 7 | 1 in 2,582 |
| Arizona | #488 | 12 | 1 in 3,083 |
| Minnesota | #528 | 8 | 1 in 3,462 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 39,135 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 82.0% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,464Taelor46
- #3,464Tru46
- #3,464True46
- #3,523Anderson45
- #3,523Aayla45
- #3,523Abbi45
- #3,523Acadia45
- #3,583Adelie44
- #3,583Adrionna44
- #3,583Agatha44
Tied with 59 names at #3,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 1,519 of them was named Anderson, which outranked 98.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.