Anders

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Anders is ranked 830th among boys in 2024 (297 births). Its best rank was 749th, in 2014.

Rank in 2024: #830up 15 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2970.02% of boys
Peak year: 2014316 births
Best rank: #749in 2014
Since 1912: 7,793people given the name

Babies named Anders, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

7,793 boys have been named Anders in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 316 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2014, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 33%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Anders
1910s	57
1920s	52
1930s	40
1940s	69
1950s	115
1960s	189
1970s	301
1980s	585
1990s	957
2000s	1,429
2010s	2,592
2020s	1,407

In 2014, its biggest year

Anders was the 749th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.

Names that rose and fell with Anders

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.