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“Son of Andrew” — Middle English origin
Boy's name · #363 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Anderson was #215 in 1882, slipped to #1078 by 1981, and has climbed back to #363 today. About 34,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 784,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.
Around the world: about 1 in 3,500 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 370 notable people named Anderson:
Sports figures appear 2.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anderson, Brazilian association football player (born 1988).
Similar names: Hugo · Andy · Abner · Jefferson · Emerson · Augustus
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