Anson

Where Anson comes from

From Ann + -son (the former word is a diminutive).
— Wiktionary's entry for Anson
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #595
    9 babies named Anson — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

No widely known Anson turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.