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Anderson: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“son of Anders”
Origin
English
Say it
AN-der-sun · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

Surname derived from Anders, the Scandinavian form of Andrew. As a first name it follows the modern surname-name pattern.

English namesScandinavian namesSurname-style namesModern names

How popular is Anderson?

2024319 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Anderson in 20241,061

2024 rank#356 boys

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 188034,564

Anderson has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Anderson

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Andrewmanly, brave · Greek
  • Andresmanly, brave · Greek
  • Drewmanly · Greek
  • Andermanly, brave · Basque
  • Andimanly; brave · English
  • Andersmanly; brave · Scandinavian
  • Andreasmanly, brave · Greek
  • Drustrong and manly · Greek

Anderson questions

What does the name Anderson mean?

Anderson means "son of Anders". It comes from English. Surname derived from Anders, the Scandinavian form of Andrew. As a first name it follows the modern surname-name pattern.

Is Anderson a boy or girl name?

Anderson is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Anderson?

1,061 US babies were named Anderson in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Anderson?

Anderson is usually pronounced AN-der-sun.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.