How rare is the name Anders?

6,937 people in the United States have the first name Anders, about 1 in 43,539. It ranks #3,145 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANDERS

#3,145

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,937
About
1 in 43,539
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 6,937 people named Anders, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anders peaked in 2014, when 316 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
316
In 2025*
232 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,031 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anders by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,795. The largest share of babies named Anders, 44.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,48557
1920s#7,39252
1930s#7,12540
1940s#6,06369
1950s#5,418115
1960s#4,510190
1970s#4,103300
1980s#3,077585
1990s#2,744957
2000s#2,5881,429
2010s#1,8532,592
2020s#1,7951,645
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.1%
Generation X 1965–805.2%
Millennials 1981–9615%
Generation Z 1997–1229.8%
2013 and later44.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Anders is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anders has been most common in Minnesota (9.9×), Utah (6.4×), and Washington (5×), and least common in Ohio (0.18×).

5,037 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Anders

#3,142 Seamus · 6,955#3,144 Concetta · 6,950#3,146 Ferdinand · 6,930#3,146 Yousef · 6,930

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anders, most common first.

#8,076 Ander · 1,821#16,212 Andera · 700#32,873 Anderw · 254

Also a last name

As a last name, Anders ranks #2,393 of 156,621, with 14,889 people. See Anders as a last name

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