# Anderson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anderson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “andrew” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Andison |
| US babies named this | 35,646 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33,991 / 1,655 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 476, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 3,307 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,532 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,079 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,186 |
| 2015 | 74 | 2,457 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,762 |
| 2017 | 84 | 2,240 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,305 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,601 |
| 2020 | 95 | 1,979 |
| 2021 | 95 | 2,025 |
| 2022 | 100 | 1,961 |
| 2023 | 114 | 1,781 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,719 |
| 2025 | 181 | 1,243 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,145 | 294 |
| 2012 | 1,249 | 280 |
| 2013 | 1,154 | 303 |
| 2014 | 1,163 | 304 |
| 2015 | 1,186 | 306 |
| 2016 | 1,162 | 304 |
| 2017 | 1,201 | 294 |
| 2018 | 1,173 | 297 |
| 2019 | 1,057 | 318 |
| 2020 | 1,083 | 306 |
| 2021 | 1,003 | 328 |
| 2022 | 1,001 | 337 |
| 2023 | 1,009 | 332 |
| 2024 | 946 | 356 |
| 2025 | 898 | 363 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,068 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Անդրեասյան
- Bulgarian: Андреев
- Chinese: 安德森
- Danish: Andersen
- Dutch: Andriessen, Driessen
- Georgian: ანდრიაშვილი
- Greek: Ανδρεάδης, Ανδρέου, Ανδρεόπουλος
- Norwegian: Andersen
- Polish: Andrzejewicz
- Romanian: Andreescu
- Russian: Андре́ев, Андре́ева
- Swedish: Andersson
- Ukrainian: Андріє́нко

## People named Anderson

- Anderson, Brazilian association football player (born 1988)
- Anderson Cooper, American journalist (born 1967)
- Sonny Anderson, Brazilian footballer
- Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player (born 1982)
- Ânderson Polga, Brazilian footballer
- Anderson Carvalho, Brazilian association football player
- Anderson Lopes, Brazilian association football player
- Anderson Andrade Antunes, Brazilian association football player
- Anderson Batatais, Brazilian association football player
- Anderson Gonzaga, Brazilian association football player
- Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira, Brazilian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.