Anderson

What Anderson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Anderson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 83% of US babies named Anderson in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Anderson?

US: Falling: down from #306 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #903 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 1,249 boys got the name (#280 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,902 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AL (1.58 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.57 per 1,000 boys), LA (1.41 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Anderson is #363 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.2% of US babies named Anderson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Andersen27 US
• Andersson11 US
• Enderson10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Enderson

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Anderson

Boys

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Eva#134Editor’s note Down from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 in the US
• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Anderson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.