Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Anders” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anders” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Anders” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Anders” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Anders” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Anders” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Anders” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anders” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 21 0.000005056 21 -100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 -100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 -100%
1963 17 0.000004295 17 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1967 22 0.00000648 22 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 -100%
1970 32 0.000008873 32 -100%
1971 29 0.000008449 29 -100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 33 0.000010389 33 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 -100%
1979 39 0.000011722 39 -100%
1980 29 0.000008419 29 -100%
1981 48 0.000013875 48 -100%
1982 42 0.000011973 42 -100%
1983 60 0.000017324 60 -100%
1984 44 0.000012612 44 -100%
1985 67 0.000018772 67 -100%
1986 75 0.000021085 75 -100%
1987 68 0.000018859 68 -100%
1988 80 0.000021651 80 -100%
1989 72 0.000018728 72 -100%
1990 85 0.000021505 85 -100%
1991 87 0.000022335 87 -100%
1992 85 0.000022128 85 -100%
1993 80 0.000021219 80 -100%
1994 86 0.000023133 86 -100%
1995 102 0.000027852 102 -100%
1996 122 0.00003345 122 -100%
1997 91 0.000025098 91 -100%
1998 96 0.0000261 96 -100%
1999 123 0.000033298 123 -100%
2000 133 0.000035186 133 -100%
2001 109 0.000029118 109 -100%
2002 118 0.000031565 118 -100%
2003 153 0.000040239 153 -100%
2004 139 0.000036379 139 -100%
2005 127 0.000033031 127 -100%
2006 186 0.000047015 186 -100%
2007 153 0.000038272 153 -100%
2008 174 0.000044267 174 -100%
2009 137 0.000035862 137 -100%
2010 214 0.000057905 214 -100%
2011 207 0.000056592 207 -100%
2012 230 0.000062887 230 -100%
2013 235 0.00006446 235 -100%
2014 316 0.000085258 316 -100%
2015 293 0.00007917 293 -100%
2016 278 0.000075776 278 -100%
2017 290 0.000081092 290 -100%
2018 290 0.000082483 290 -100%
2019 239 0.000068858 239 -100%
2020 278 0.000083219 278 -100%
2021 262 0.000077333 262 -100%
2022 283 0.00008365 283 -100%
2023 287 0.000086676 287 -100%
2024 302 0.000090732 5 297 -97%

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