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

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Peak · boys
#595
1881 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,932
since 1880

Anson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anson has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #595, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,72894
2024—#1,387135
2023—#1,294148
2022—#1,245158
2021—#1,253152
2020—#1,058189
2019—#978218
2018—#885246
2017—#789295
2016—#785302
2015—#804287
2014—#809282
2013—#974205
2012—#1,151159
2011#16,7645#1,152156
2010—#1,245141
2009—#1,103167
2008—#1,046181
2007—#1,206146
2006—#1,265132
2005—#1,170136
2004—#1,144137
2003—#1,277111
2002—#1,34698
2001—#1,298101
2000—#1,49781
1999—#1,58069
1998—#1,66662
1997—#1,49970
1996—#1,67157
1995—#1,80148
1994—#1,79548
1993—#1,79247
1992—#1,82045
1991—#1,58953
1990—#1,48658
1989—#1,61549
1988—#1,20471
1987—#1,13372
1986—#1,18864
1985—#1,12568
1984—#1,05472
1983—#1,13063
1982—#1,08271
1981—#93493
1980—#867105
1979—#1,13762
1978—#90890
1977—#767123
1976—#87392
1975—#1,04263
1974—#1,21547
1973—#1,31240
1972—#1,21046
1971—#1,74526
1970—#1,22246
1969—#1,16845
1968—#1,57425
1967—#1,11744
1966—#1,28235
1965—#1,10645
1964—#1,19941
1963—#1,62824
1962—#1,75721
1961—#1,38833
1960—#1,85819
1959—#1,55926
1958—#1,42030
1957—#1,38832
1956—#1,56825
1955—#1,37031
1954—#1,52525
1953—#2,18613
1952—#1,43028
1951—#2,05514
1950—#2,11113
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,88116
1947—#1,69620
1946—#1,81316
1945—#1,40622
1944—#1,28227
1943—#1,63619
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,33325
1940—#1,43322
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,91314
1936—#1,46321
1935—#1,53820
1934—#1,86015
1933—#2,21411
1932—#2,6389
1931—#1,92715
1930—#2,29312
1929—#1,52323
1928—#2,04815
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,29631
1925—#1,58323
1924—#1,38029
1923—#1,55124
1922—#1,33330
1921—#1,10141
1920—#1,69421
1919—#1,32129
1918—#1,37327
1917—#1,32227
1916—#1,17631
1915—#1,12433
1914—#1,34220
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,17416
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,5895
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905—#66613
1904——
1903—#1,0096
1902——
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1900—#1,1626
1899——
1898——
1897—#1,0575
1896——
1895—#9786
1894—#7309
1893—#7688
1892—#9566
1891—#59710
1890——
1889—#8786
1888——
1887—#8196
1886—#6948
1885—#6419
1884—#61310
1883—#6449
1882—#6529
1881—#5959
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

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 1942

No state had 5 or more boys named Anson in 1942, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Anson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,274
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.9% of all boys named Anson (2,291) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#595 (1881)#682
1890s44#597 (1891)#848
1900s25#666 (1905)#946
1910s214#1,038 (1911)#1,282
1920s263#1,101 (1921)#1,498
1930s149#1,463 (1936)#1,933
1940s215#1,268 (1942)#1,550
1950s237#1,370 (1955)#1,661
1960s332#1,106 (1965)#1,408
1970s635#767 (1977)#1,143
1980s728#867 (1980)#1,133
1990s557#1,486 (1990)#1,670
2000s1,290#1,046 (2008)#1,235
2010s2,291#785 (2016)#957
2020s876#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 1942

boys
#1,268
30 births · 1 in 46,039 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,268Anson30
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 46,039 of them was named Anson, which outranked 68.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anson
  1. #1,244Louise31
  2. #1,244Orvil31
  3. #1,244Shelly31
  4. #1,268Anson30
  5. #1,268Acie30
  6. #1,268Alois30
  7. #1,268Arnoldo30
  8. #1,298Berton29
  9. #1,298Casper29
  10. #1,298Diego29

Tied with 29 names at #1,268; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →