Unisex name · since 2008
Anthem
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 187 babies named Anthem, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anthem currently ranks #7083 among unisex names in America, with 187 babies recorded since 2008.
Anthem has 187 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7083 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #13,353 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,083 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 187 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anthem ranks #13,353 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,083 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 187 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anthem's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Anthem compares
187 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anthem's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anthem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 187 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anthem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anthem's full recorded timeline at 2018, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anthem popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Anthem popularity over time - girls
57 total births recorded since 2015 (Anthem as girls' name)
Anthem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (96 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Anthem's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Anthem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 96 births (51% of all-time use).
Anthem by state
Where Anthem concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 187 births nationwide.
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- North Carolina records the most Anthems (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anthem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anthem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.