Anthem — #6117 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anthem

The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Anthem between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anthem currently holds the #6117 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Anthem is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anthem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anthem shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anthem in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anthem 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 175 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.