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Anderson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 898 in 2025. Its best rank was #215 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #215 in 1882; #363 in 2025. About 83% of babies named Anderson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#363 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #215.
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Anderson: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 898 boys in 2025. Peak: #215 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 1,249 (2012).
In 2025, 898 US boys were named Anderson, making it the 363rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #356 in 2024. That is 48 fewer than the 946 boys named Anderson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #215, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,249, in 2012. For comparison, it was #306 in 2015 and #668 in 1950.
In 2025, 181 US girls were named Anderson, making it the 1,243rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 476 places from #1,719 in 2024. That is 63 more than the 118 girls named Anderson in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,243, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 181. For comparison, it was #2,457 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Anderson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 43 babies with the name. In all, 35,646 US babies have been given the name, 4.6% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 12,098 babies named Anderson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,533 US boys were named Anderson; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,201. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,902 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Anderson ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #167 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Andersen (1,284 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Andersyn, Andersson and Anderzon are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Andy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Andersyn (300), Andersson (145), Anderzon (27).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 34 | #167 | #217 |
| Mississippi | 17 | #182 | #217 |
| Louisiana | 27 | #191 | #272 |
| Tennessee | 43 | #208 | #202 |
| North Carolina | 55 | #227 | #192 |
| Georgia | 52 | #232 | #259 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #234 | #188 |
| Kansas | 16 | #235 | #255 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #240 | #300 |
| Iowa | 14 | #277 | #418 |
| New Jersey | 32 | #279 | #246 |
| Virginia | 30 | #280 | #193 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #291 | #207 |
| Florida | 65 | #294 | #224 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #296 | #224 |
| Maryland | 18 | #301 | #185 |
| South Carolina | 17 | #312 | #256 |
| Michigan | 25 | #347 | #295 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #352 | #324 |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | #378 | #389 |
| New York | 46 | #383 | #215 |
| Missouri | 16 | #393 | #265 |
| Oregon | 9 | #399 | #495 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #401 | #358 |
| Ohio | 24 | #440 | #267 |
| Illinois | 24 | #447 | #437 |
| California | 66 | #482 | #377 |
| Texas | 69 | #486 | #335 |
| Washington | 14 | #505 | #442 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #524 | #508 |
| Indiana | 11 | #583 | #457 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #589 | #721 |
| Colorado | 6 | #761 | #439 |
| Arizona | 7 | #785 | #489 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 181 | #1,243 | 898 | #363 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,719 | 946 | #356 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,781 | 1,009 | #332 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,961 | 1,001 | #337 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,025 | 1,003 | #328 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,979 | 1,083 | #306 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,601 | 1,057 | #318 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,305 | 1,173 | #297 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,240 | 1,201 | #294 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,762 | 1,162 | #304 |
| 2015 | 74 | #2,457 | 1,186 | #306 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,186 | 1,163 | #304 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,079 | 1,154 | #303 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,532 | 1,249 | #280 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,307 | 1,145 | #294 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,826 | 1,021 | #313 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,549 | 1,142 | #288 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,098 | 1,017 | #325 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,991 | 926 | #346 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,927 | 754 | #399 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,817 | 496 | #499 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,605 | 370 | #594 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,241 | 340 | #613 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,151 | 281 | #664 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,642 | 229 | #752 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,582 | 211 | #784 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,508 | 208 | #767 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,593 | 166 | #871 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,644 | 179 | #816 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,077 | 178 | #808 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,075 | 160 | #857 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,166 | 170 | #810 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,527 | 143 | #894 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,777 | 156 | #844 |
| 1991 | — | — | 156 | #827 |
| 1990 | — | — | 136 | #881 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,728 | 112 | #962 |
| 1988 | — | — | 108 | #916 |
| 1987 | — | — | 91 | #996 |
| 1986 | — | — | 91 | #958 |
| 1985 | — | — | 98 | #917 |
| 1984 | — | — | 81 | #987 |
| 1983 | — | — | 87 | #945 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,503 | 90 | #943 |
| 1981 | — | — | 71 | #1,078 |
| 1980 | — | — | 80 | #1,010 |
| 1979 | — | — | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1978 | — | — | 81 | #962 |
| 1977 | — | — | 70 | #1,027 |
| 1976 | — | — | 75 | #963 |
| 1975 | — | — | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | — | — | 67 | #1,003 |
| 1973 | — | — | 73 | #941 |
| 1972 | — | — | 77 | #911 |
| 1971 | — | — | 82 | #901 |
| 1970 | — | — | 74 | #927 |
| 1969 | — | — | 71 | #903 |
| 1968 | — | — | 52 | #1,027 |
| 1967 | — | — | 77 | #818 |
| 1966 | — | — | 72 | #853 |
| 1965 | — | — | 79 | #826 |
| 1964 | — | — | 82 | #839 |
| 1963 | — | — | 59 | #985 |
| 1962 | — | — | 80 | #845 |
| 1961 | — | — | 93 | #790 |
| 1960 | — | — | 84 | #830 |
| 1959 | — | — | 95 | #788 |
| 1958 | — | — | 96 | #755 |
| 1957 | — | — | 104 | #734 |
| 1956 | — | — | 97 | #745 |
| 1955 | — | — | 100 | #728 |
| 1954 | — | — | 118 | #664 |
| 1953 | — | — | 113 | #669 |
| 1952 | — | — | 99 | #703 |
| 1951 | — | — | 103 | #688 |
| 1950 | — | — | 109 | #668 |
| 1949 | — | — | 115 | #637 |
| 1948 | — | — | 96 | #684 |
| 1947 | — | — | 118 | #634 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,981 | 100 | #642 |
| 1945 | — | — | 96 | #616 |
| 1944 | — | — | 92 | #642 |
| 1943 | — | — | 101 | #633 |
| 1942 | — | — | 113 | #584 |
| 1941 | — | — | 96 | #613 |
| 1940 | — | — | 100 | #592 |
| 1939 | — | — | 102 | #565 |
| 1938 | — | — | 93 | #615 |
| 1937 | — | — | 85 | #637 |
| 1936 | — | — | 106 | #556 |
| 1935 | — | — | 86 | #633 |
| 1934 | — | — | 92 | #623 |
| 1933 | — | — | 105 | #557 |
| 1932 | — | — | 91 | #622 |
| 1931 | — | — | 99 | #588 |
| 1930 | — | — | 122 | #541 |
| 1929 | — | — | 103 | #598 |
| 1928 | — | — | 128 | #537 |
| 1927 | — | — | 129 | #543 |
| 1926 | — | — | 143 | #509 |
| 1925 | — | — | 128 | #543 |
| 1924 | — | — | 138 | #538 |
| 1923 | — | — | 149 | #500 |
| 1922 | — | — | 142 | #517 |
| 1921 | — | — | 129 | #549 |
| 1920 | — | — | 180 | #451 |
| 1919 | — | — | 147 | #492 |
| 1918 | — | — | 134 | #518 |
| 1917 | — | — | 128 | #508 |
| 1916 | — | — | 135 | #488 |
| 1915 | — | — | 121 | #506 |
| 1914 | — | — | 110 | #459 |
| 1913 | — | — | 90 | #456 |
| 1912 | — | — | 85 | #424 |
| 1911 | — | — | 56 | #372 |
| 1910 | — | — | 52 | #353 |
| 1909 | — | — | 50 | #325 |
| 1908 | — | — | 45 | #336 |
| 1907 | — | — | 30 | #417 |
| 1906 | — | — | 46 | #302 |
| 1905 | — | — | 45 | #299 |
| 1904 | — | — | 49 | #274 |
| 1903 | — | — | 30 | #353 |
| 1902 | — | — | 37 | #318 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #360 |
| 1900 | — | — | 56 | #275 |
| 1899 | — | — | 27 | #347 |
| 1898 | — | — | 43 | #275 |
| 1897 | — | — | 46 | #258 |
| 1896 | — | — | 39 | #296 |
| 1895 | — | — | 31 | #329 |
| 1894 | — | — | 50 | #241 |
| 1893 | — | — | 46 | #258 |
| 1892 | — | — | 44 | #270 |
| 1891 | — | — | 30 | #305 |
| 1890 | — | — | 59 | #216 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #251 |
| 1888 | — | — | 46 | #261 |
| 1887 | — | — | 39 | #254 |
| 1886 | — | — | 34 | #294 |
| 1885 | — | — | 42 | #256 |
| 1884 | — | — | 48 | #247 |
| 1883 | — | — | 38 | #263 |
| 1882 | — | — | 58 | #215 |
| 1881 | — | — | 40 | #244 |
| 1880 | — | — | 43 | #252 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).