How rare is the name Anson?

5,978 people in the United States have the first name Anson, about 1 in 50,524. It ranks #3,471 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANSON

#3,471

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,978
About
1 in 50,524
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,978 people named Anson, 51.6% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.3% as Black. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anson peaked in 2016, when 302 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
302
In 2025*
94 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,937 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.

Anson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,443. The largest share of babies named Anson, 34.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,44376
1890s#2,28644
1900s#3,37425
1910s#2,560214
1920s#2,917263
1930s#3,730149
1940s#3,249215
1950s#3,606237
1960s#3,290332
1970s#2,552635
1980s#2,677728
1990s#3,973557
2000s#2,7841,290
2010s#2,0032,296
2020s#2,744876
Before 19011.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.8%
Silent Generation 1928–454.2%
Baby boom 1946–645.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.8%
Millennials 1981–9612.3%
Generation Z 1997–1224.6%
2013 and later34.2%

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 Anson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anson has been most common in Hawaii (8.7×), California (2.5×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in Missouri (0.38×).

3,737 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 Anson

#3,469 Geoff · 5,986#3,470 Nicolle · 5,984#3,472 Dian · 5,975#3,473 Madden · 5,974

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anson, most common first.

#32,261 Ansen · 262

Also a last name

As a last name, Anson ranks #8,577 of 156,621, with 3,682 people. See Anson as a last name

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