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Anderson

Gender
Boy
Say it
AN-der-son
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#363 for boys

Anderson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Andrew”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 363rd for boys in the US (898 babies).

What does Anderson mean?

English: Scottish and English surname

“son of Andrew”

A surname meaning son of Andrew, especially common in Scotland, where Saint Andrew is patron saint.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Anderson a girl's or a boy's name?

Anderson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 181 girls and 898 boys in the US.

How popular is Anderson in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Anderson, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 36 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Anderson than any year since 2003.

Half of all the boys named Anderson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 36 in 20152025
Anderson in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
202419#1,470
202317#1,571
202213#1,886
202115#1,686
202031#1,007
201925#1,159
201827#1,119
201728#1,115
201624#1,234
201536#924
201417#1,511
201335#919
201222#1,278
201126#1,095
201020#1,342
200930#972
200821#1,249
200711#1,848
200612#1,640
200511#1,701
200410#1,688
20037#2,054
200212#1,312
20019#1,547
20004#2,612
19999#1,451
19988#1,569
19975#2,109
19966#1,840

How popular is Anderson in the US?

Rank in 2025
363rd among boys
Babies in 2025
898 about 1 in 1,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 898 boys in the US were named Anderson, making it the 363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 306th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 1,249 boys. 181 girls were also named Anderson in 2025 (1,241st for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Anderson than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Anderson in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 936 boys in the US were given Anderson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #359, up from #363 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 17% of the babies named Anderson in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 1,249 in 20122025
Anderson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025898#363
2024946#356
20231,009#332
20221,001#337
20211,003#328
20201,083#306
20191,057#318
20181,173#297
20171,201#294
20161,162#304
20151,186#306
20141,163#304
20131,154#303
20121,249#280
20111,145#294
20101,021#313
20091,142#288
20081,017#325
2007926#346
2006754#399
2005496#499
2004370#594
2003340#613
2002281#664
2001229#751
2000211#782
1999208#765
1998166#870
1997179#814
1996178#806
1995160#854
1994170#808
1993143#891
1992156#842
1991156#823
1990136#877
1989112#959
1988108#915
198791#995
198691#957
198598#917
198481#986
198387#945
198290#943
198171#1,077
198080#1,010
197972#1,040
197881#961
197770#1,027
197675#963
197565#1,019
197467#1,003
197373#941
197277#911
197182#901
197074#926
196971#903
196852#1,026
196777#818
196672#853
196579#826
196482#839
196359#983
196280#844
196193#789
196084#829
195995#787
195896#754
1957104#733
195697#744
1955100#727
1954118#663
1953113#668
195299#702
1951103#687
1950109#667
1949115#636
194896#682
1947118#634
1946100#642
194596#616
194492#642
1943101#633
1942113#584
194196#613
1940100#591
1939102#565
193893#615
193785#637
1936106#556
193586#633
193492#623
1933105#557
193291#622
193199#588
1930122#540
1929103#598
1928128#537
1927129#543
1926143#509
1925128#543
1924138#538
1923149#499
1922142#517
1921129#549
1920180#450
1919147#492
1918134#518
1917128#508
1916135#488
1915121#506
1914110#459
191390#456
191285#424
191156#372
191052#353
190950#325
190845#335
190730#417
190646#302
190545#299
190449#273
190330#353
190237#317
190126#359
190056#274
189927#346
189843#274
189746#258
189639#296
189531#329
189450#240
189346#258
189244#270
189130#305
189059#216
188942#251
188846#260
188739#254
188634#294
188542#256
188448#247
188338#263
188258#215
188140#244
188043#252

Names like Anderson

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Harrison, Hudson, Mason, Grayson, Oliver, Jaxon, Austin, Elijah, Emerson, Archer, Elias, Oakley

Other spellings of Anderson

Andersen, Andersson

Names related to Anderson

Andersyn

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, River

Every English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Anderson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anderson, updated 20 October 2026.