How Many People Are Named Anson?
people named Anson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 50,447 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,937 babies named Anson in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
302 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "son of AGNES".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Anson (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anson alive today is about 24 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anson first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 302 babies. In 2025, 94 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #598, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,728.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,728 |
| Best rank | #598 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #927 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anson were born in California than in any other state: about 925 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anson was given 9.4 times as often in Hawaii, 2.5 times in New York and 1.9 times in California.
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