Anson — #1391 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anson

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,837 babies named Anson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anson currently holds the #1391 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 302 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,291 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 936 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anson in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anson 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 7,837 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.