Anden — #12746 US boys' name
710 babies named Anden in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Anden was born in this single decade.
68 babies were named Anden in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anden
The Social Security Administration has registered 710 babies named Anden between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anden currently holds the #12746 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 68 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 339 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anden in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anden 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 710 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.
Anden at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Anden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2004)
- 68
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #12746 among boys.
710 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 68 births in a single year.
Anden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 339 births that decade — 48% of Anden's all-time total
Anden decade highlights
- Peak decade 339 births
- Runner-up 315 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anden's strongest decade
339 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Anden by state
Where Anden concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 21 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.7% |
23 of 710 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.