first name
ANDERSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,993 people named Anderson, 44.3% reported their origin as White, 31.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.3% as Black. 95.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Anderson peaked in 2012, when 1,294 babies got the name.
At least 35,646 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Anderson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #558. The largest share of babies named Anderson, 42.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Anderson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anderson has been most common in Georgia (2.5×), Mississippi (2.3×), and Alabama (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.27×).
29,309 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 Anderson
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anderson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Anderson ranks #15 of 156,621, with 756,560 people. See Anderson as a last name
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