How Many People Are Named Anders?
people named Anders are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 44,753 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,031 babies named Anders in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
316 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas ร ngstrรถm (1814-1874).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Anders (99.9%) were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Anders alive today is about 18 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 26 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Anders first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2014, to 316 babies. In 2025, 232 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Anders has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #750, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #984.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #984 |
| Best rank | #750 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #852 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Anders alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anders were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 915 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anders was given 11 times as often in Minnesota, 5.6 times in North Dakota and 4.4 times in Montana.
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