Anson
Anson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 134 births. Its best rank was 598th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1340.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016302 births
- Best rank
- #598in 1881
- Since 1880
- 7,837people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,837 boys have been named Anson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 302 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Anson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | |
| 1890s | 44 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 214 | |
| 1920s | 263 | |
| 1930s | 149 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 237 | |
| 1960s | 332 | |
| 1970s | 635 | |
| 1980s | 728 | |
| 1990s | 557 | |
| 2000s | 1,290 | |
| 2010s | 2,291 | |
| 2020s | 781 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Anson was the 785th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Anson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abrampeak 2016
- Elampeak 2015
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Jonaspeak 2008
- Simeonpeak 2019
- Isaacpeak 2007
- Andersonpeak 2012
- Hugopeak 2006
Other spellings in the data
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.