Anchor
Boy · ANG-ker · English
Anchor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “anchor”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Anchor mean?
English: English word
“anchor”
In Christian art the anchor is an emblem of hope, after Hebrews 6:19.
- Say it
- ANG-ker
Is Anchor a girl's or a boy's name?
Anchor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anchor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Anchor, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer boys named Anchor than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Anchor in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anchor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
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