Anson
#1,338 most common boys' name of all time · #3,214 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,338
Rank overall
#3,214 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
7,937
Since 2016
1,937
Peak year
2016 #785
Best rank
#605 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 302/yr
Anson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,731 |
| 2024 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,390 |
| 2023 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,295 |
| 2022 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,245 |
| 2021 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,254 |
| 2020 | — | 189 | 189 | #1,058 |
| 2019 | — | 218 | 218 | #978 |
| 2018 | — | 246 | 246 | #885 |
| 2017 | — | 295 | 295 | #789 |
| 2016 | — | 302 | 302 | #785 |
| 2015 | — | 287 | 287 | #804 |
| 2014 | — | 282 | 282 | #809 |
| 2013 | — | 205 | 205 | #975 |
| 2012 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,151 |
| 2011 | 5 | 156 | 161 | #1,153 |
| 2010 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | — | 167 | 167 | #1,104 |
| 2008 | — | 181 | 181 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,208 |
| 2006 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,265 |
| 2005 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,147 |
| 2003 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,277 |
| 2002 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,298 |
| 2000 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,497 |
| 1999 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,583 |
| 1998 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,666 |
| 1997 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,499 |
| 1996 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,671 |
| 1995 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,804 |
| 1994 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1993 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,794 |
| 1992 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,821 |
| 1991 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,589 |
| 1990 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,489 |
| 1989 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,618 |
| 1988 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,206 |
| 1987 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,134 |
| 1986 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,188 |
| 1985 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,125 |
| 1984 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,055 |
| 1983 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,130 |
| 1982 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,083 |
| 1981 | — | 93 | 93 | #934 |
| 1980 | — | 105 | 105 | #867 |
| 1979 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,139 |
| 1978 | — | 90 | 90 | #909 |
| 1977 | — | 123 | 123 | #768 |
| 1976 | — | 92 | 92 | #874 |
| 1975 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,042 |
| 1974 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,217 |
| 1973 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,315 |
| 1972 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,213 |
| 1971 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,747 |
| 1970 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,225 |
| 1969 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,171 |
| 1968 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,577 |
| 1967 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,118 |
| 1966 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1965 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,109 |
| 1964 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,204 |
| 1963 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,630 |
| 1962 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,764 |
| 1961 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,390 |
| 1960 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1959 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,563 |
| 1958 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,423 |
| 1957 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,392 |
| 1956 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,574 |
| 1955 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,376 |
| 1954 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,526 |
| 1953 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,192 |
| 1952 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,436 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,062 |
| 1950 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,119 |
| 1949 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,765 |
| 1948 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1947 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,698 |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,820 |
| 1945 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,414 |
| 1944 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,287 |
| 1943 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 1942 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,272 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,340 |
| 1940 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1939 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,588 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,911 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,922 |
| 1936 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,469 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,547 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,872 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,227 |
| 1932 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,657 |
| 1931 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,929 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,308 |
| 1929 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,531 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,060 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,477 |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1925 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,586 |
| 1924 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,384 |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1921 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1920 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,702 |
| 1919 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,326 |
| 1918 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,377 |
| 1917 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,327 |
| 1916 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1915 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,348 |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,373 |
| 1912 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,182 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,065 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,616 |
| 1905 | — | 13 | 13 | #680 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,191 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,091 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #994 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #754 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #793 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #972 |
| 1891 | — | 10 | 10 | #612 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #898 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #838 |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | #722 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #658 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #636 |
| 1883 | — | 9 | 9 | #659 |
| 1882 | — | 9 | 9 | #667 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #620 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #605 |