Anchor — #8165 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anchor

The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Anchor between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anchor currently holds the #8165 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anchor performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Anchor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anchor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 141 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.