Andersen**
#4,124 most common boys' name of all time · #10,104 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1988–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,124
Rank overall
#10,104 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
1,284
Since 2016
496
Peak year
2016 #2,575
Best rank
#2,517 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 70/yr
Andersen first appears in 1988. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 27 | 52 | #4,010 |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 | 44 | #4,500 |
| 2023 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #6,066 |
| 2022 | 11 | 29 | 40 | #3,836 |
| 2021 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #4,064 |
| 2020 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #3,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #3,308 |
| 2018 | 12 | 44 | 56 | #2,773 |
| 2017 | 14 | 46 | 60 | #2,701 |
| 2016 | 21 | 49 | 70 | #2,575 |
| 2015 | 16 | 50 | 66 | #2,517 |
| 2014 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #2,972 |
| 2013 | 8 | 42 | 50 | #2,797 |
| 2012 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #3,050 |
| 2011 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #2,981 |
| 2010 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #3,003 |
| 2009 | 12 | 49 | 61 | #2,581 |
| 2008 | 11 | 43 | 54 | #2,816 |
| 2007 | 7 | 49 | 56 | #2,559 |
| 2006 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #3,133 |
| 2005 | 8 | 27 | 35 | #3,586 |
| 2004 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,933 |
| 2003 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #4,077 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #6,362 |
| 2001 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #6,761 |
| 2000 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #4,727 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,582 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,377 |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,587 |
| 1996 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,126 |
| 1995 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #8,496 |
| 1994 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,454 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,684 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,204 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,124 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,270 |