Anderson — #356 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anderson

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,090 babies named Anderson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anderson currently holds the #356 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 1,249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anderson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11,511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anderson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anderson in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anderson 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 33,090 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.