Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anders

#1,331 most common boys' name of all time · #3,187 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,331
Rank overall
#3,187 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
8,031
Since 2016
2,742
Peak year
2014 #749
Best rank
#749 2014
Girls Boys peak 316/yr
192019401960198020002020

Anders first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 232 232 #986
2024 5 298 303 #833
2023 287 287 #846
2022 283 283 #855
2021 262 262 #884
2020 278 278 #827
2019 239 239 #917
2018 290 290 #787
2017 290 290 #794
2016 278 278 #822
2015 293 293 #799
2014 316 316 #749
2013 235 235 #887
2012 230 230 #903
2011 207 207 #959
2010 214 214 #941
2009 137 137 #1,283
2008 174 174 #1,076
2007 153 153 #1,160
2006 186 186 #995
2005 127 127 #1,248
2004 139 139 #1,134
2003 153 153 #1,030
2002 118 118 #1,186
2001 109 109 #1,224
2000 133 133 #1,071
1999 123 123 #1,089
1998 96 96 #1,265
1997 91 91 #1,270
1996 122 122 #1,023
1995 102 102 #1,133
1994 86 86 #1,259
1993 80 80 #1,269
1992 85 85 #1,223
1991 87 87 #1,192
1990 85 85 #1,183
1989 72 72 #1,283
1988 80 80 #1,122
1987 68 68 #1,168
1986 75 75 #1,080
1985 67 67 #1,142
1984 44 44 #1,447
1983 60 60 #1,171
1982 42 42 #1,498
1981 48 48 #1,367
1980 29 29 #1,930
1979 38 38 #1,547
1978 43 43 #1,423
1977 32 32 #1,686
1976 26 26 #1,896
1975 32 32 #1,614
1974 21 21 #2,079
1973 23 23 #1,892
1972 24 24 #1,849
1971 29 29 #1,654
1970 32 32 #1,509
1969 23 23 #1,746
1968 15 15 #2,151
1967 22 22 #1,683
1966 12 12 #2,391
1965 15 15 #2,130
1964 24 24 #1,632
1963 18 18 #1,941
1962 18 18 #1,931
1961 22 22 #1,760
1960 21 21 #1,794
1959 15 15 #2,160
1958 8 8 #3,129
1957 17 17 #1,987
1956 15 15 #2,140
1955 11 11 #2,505
1954 11 11 #2,514
1953 12 12 #2,339
1952 7 7 #3,205
1951 7 7 #3,196
1950 12 12 #2,281
1949 7 7 #3,135
1948 9 9 #2,694
1947 6 6 #3,527
1946 9 9 #2,628
1945 7 7 #2,870
1944 9 9 #2,573
1943 10 10 #2,500
1942 6 6 #3,366
1941 6 6 #3,307
1939 7 7 #2,970
1937 5 5 #3,711
1936 10 10 #2,394
1934 6 6 #3,442
1932 5 5 #3,948
1931 7 7 #3,222
1929 8 8 #3,113
1927 5 5 #4,364
1925 9 9 #3,053
1923 5 5 #4,423
1922 10 10 #2,916
1921 5 5 #4,471
1920 10 10 #2,881
1919 7 7 #3,530
1918 8 8 #3,219
1917 9 9 #2,853
1916 10 10 #2,668
1915 5 5 #3,979
1914 6 6 #3,084
1913 7 7 #2,436
1912 5 5 #2,722