Anderson
Anderson is ranked 356th among boys in 2024 (943 births). Its best rank was 215th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #356down 24 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9430.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20121,249 births
- Best rank
- #215in 1882
- Since 1880
- 34,564people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,090 boys have been named Anderson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 1,249 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 304 → 356).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 138 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,474 girls have also been given it, 4.3% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Anderson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 430 | |
| 1890s | 415 | |
| 1900s | 414 | |
| 1910s | 1,058 | |
| 1920s | 1,369 | |
| 1930s | 981 | |
| 1940s | 1,027 | |
| 1950s | 1,034 | |
| 1960s | 750 | |
| 1970s | 736 | |
| 1980s | 909 | |
| 1990s | 1,652 | |
| 2000s | 5,766 | |
| 2010s | 11,511 | |
| 2020s | 5,038 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Anderson was the 280th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Anderson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Porterpeak 2015
- Lucianpeak 2024
- Abrampeak 2016
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Bishoppeak 2021
- Cyruspeak 2024
- Elampeak 2015
- Jasperpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.