Anders
Boy · Scandinavian
Anders is a boys' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 984th for boys in the US (232 babies).
What does Anders mean?
Scandinavian
A male given name from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish, equivalent to English Andrew.
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Is Anders a girl's or a boy's name?
Anders is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 232 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anders in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Anders, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Anders in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Anders in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Anders in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #984among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 232about 1 in 7,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 232 boys in the US were named Anders, making it the 984th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 826th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 316 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Anders than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Anders in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anders in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 232 | #984 |
| 2024 | 298 | #832 |
| 2023 | 287 | #845 |
| 2022 | 283 | #855 |
| 2021 | 262 | #884 |
| 2020 | 278 | #826 |
| 2019 | 239 | #917 |
| 2018 | 290 | #787 |
| 2017 | 290 | #794 |
| 2016 | 278 | #820 |
| 2015 | 293 | #796 |
| 2014 | 316 | #749 |
| 2013 | 235 | #886 |
| 2012 | 230 | #902 |
| 2011 | 207 | #957 |
| 2010 | 214 | #940 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,278 |
| 2008 | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,157 |
| 2006 | 186 | #994 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,131 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,028 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,182 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,219 |
| 2000 | 133 | #1,068 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,084 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,258 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,260 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,019 |
| 1995 | 102 | #1,129 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,250 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,261 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,217 |
| 1991 | 87 | #1,186 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,116 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,132 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,166 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,362 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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