Name meaning & stats
Anderson
Anderson. 30,979 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 2012
30,979 US babies were named Anderson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Anderson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Anderson is the main spelling
- Anderson 96%
- Andersen 4%
- Andersson <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2012)