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How popular is “Anderson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anderson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Anderson” 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 “Anderson” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Anderson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anderson” 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
1880 43 0.000213416 43 -100%
1881 40 0.000207589 40 -100%
1882 58 0.000261812 58 -100%
1883 38 0.000175159 38 -100%
1884 48 0.000197157 48 -100%
1885 42 0.00017438 42 -100%
1886 34 0.000133168 34 -100%
1887 39 0.000157645 39 -100%
1888 46 0.000153603 46 -100%
1889 42 0.000145356 42 -100%
1890 59 0.000195753 59 -100%
1891 30 0.000104649 30 -100%
1892 44 0.000131589 44 -100%
1893 46 0.000141441 46 -100%
1894 50 0.000147628 50 -100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 -100%
1896 39 0.000109096 39 -100%
1897 46 0.000132581 46 -100%
1898 43 0.000112726 43 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 56 0.000124373 56 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 37 0.000095673 37 -100%
1903 30 0.000078699 30 -100%
1904 49 0.000121442 49 -100%
1905 45 0.000106152 45 -100%
1906 46 0.000107363 46 -100%
1907 30 0.000064462 30 -100%
1908 45 0.000092091 45 -100%
1909 50 0.000097804 50 -100%
1910 52 0.00008803 52 -100%
1911 56 0.000086919 56 -100%
1912 85 0.000086027 85 -100%
1913 90 0.000079148 90 -100%
1914 110 0.000077665 110 -100%
1915 121 0.000066033 121 -100%
1916 135 0.000069788 135 -100%
1917 128 0.000063785 128 -100%
1918 134 0.00006172 134 -100%
1919 147 0.00006966 147 -100%
1920 180 0.000079553 180 -100%
1921 129 0.000055258 129 -100%
1922 142 0.000062032 142 -100%
1923 149 0.000064713 149 -100%
1924 138 0.000057944 138 -100%
1925 128 0.000054858 128 -100%
1926 143 0.000062285 143 -100%
1927 129 0.000055619 129 -100%
1928 128 0.000056614 128 -100%
1929 103 0.000046986 103 -100%
1930 122 0.000054874 122 -100%
1931 99 0.000047045 99 -100%
1932 91 0.000043102 91 -100%
1933 105 0.000052515 105 -100%
1934 92 0.000044299 92 -100%
1935 86 0.00004115 86 -100%
1936 106 0.000051021 106 -100%
1937 85 0.000039894 85 -100%
1938 93 0.000042032 93 -100%
1939 102 0.000046291 102 -100%
1940 100 0.000043428 100 -100%
1941 96 0.000039402 96 -100%
1942 113 0.000041364 113 -100%
1943 101 0.000035783 101 -100%
1944 92 0.0000342 92 -100%
1945 96 0.000036187 96 -100%
1946 105 0.000032861 5 100 -90%
1947 118 0.000032757 118 -100%
1948 96 0.000027806 96 -100%
1949 115 0.000033001 115 -100%
1950 109 0.000031113 109 -100%
1951 103 0.000027961 103 -100%
1952 99 0.000026066 99 -100%
1953 113 0.000029323 113 -100%
1954 118 0.000029643 118 -100%
1955 100 0.000024906 100 -100%
1956 97 0.000023526 97 -100%
1957 104 0.000024749 104 -100%
1958 96 0.000023223 96 -100%
1959 95 0.000022848 95 -100%
1960 84 0.000020222 84 -100%
1961 93 0.000022451 93 -100%
1962 81 0.000020072 81 -100%
1963 58 0.000014653 58 -100%
1964 82 0.000021093 82 -100%
1965 80 0.000022066 80 -100%
1966 72 0.000020716 72 -100%
1967 77 0.000022681 77 -100%
1968 52 0.000015392 52 -100%
1969 71 0.00002043 71 -100%
1970 74 0.000020518 74 -100%
1971 82 0.00002389 82 -100%
1972 77 0.000024499 77 -100%
1973 73 0.000024197 73 -100%
1974 67 0.000022039 67 -100%
1975 65 0.000021527 65 -100%
1976 75 0.000024717 75 -100%
1977 70 0.000022037 70 -100%
1978 81 0.000025521 81 -100%
1979 72 0.000021641 72 -100%
1980 80 0.000023225 80 -100%
1981 71 0.000020524 71 -100%
1982 98 0.000027936 8 90 -84%
1983 87 0.00002512 87 -100%
1984 81 0.000023217 81 -100%
1985 98 0.000027458 98 -100%
1986 91 0.000025583 91 -100%
1987 91 0.000025238 91 -100%
1988 108 0.000029228 108 -100%
1989 119 0.000030954 7 112 -88%
1990 136 0.000034409 136 -100%
1991 156 0.000040049 156 -100%
1992 165 0.000042955 9 156 -89%
1993 154 0.000040846 11 143 -86%
1994 180 0.000048418 10 170 -89%
1995 172 0.000046967 12 160 -86%
1996 197 0.000054014 19 178 -81%
1997 196 0.000054058 17 179 -83%
1998 184 0.000050024 18 166 -80%
1999 223 0.00006037 15 208 -87%
2000 222 0.000058732 11 211 -90%
2001 245 0.000065449 16 229 -87%
2002 299 0.000079983 18 281 -88%
2003 355 0.000093364 15 340 -92%
2004 399 0.000104425 29 370 -85%
2005 517 0.000134466 21 496 -92%
2006 776 0.000196148 22 754 -94%
2007 965 0.00024139 39 926 -92%
2008 1055 0.000268402 38 1017 -93%
2009 1167 0.000305483 25 1142 -96%
2010 1061 0.000287087 40 1021 -92%
2011 1194 0.000326426 49 1145 -92%
2012 1294 0.000353806 45 1249 -93%
2013 1190 0.000326415 36 1154 -94%
2014 1214 0.000327544 51 1163 -92%
2015 1260 0.000340457 74 1186 -88%
2016 1224 0.000333633 62 1162 -90%
2017 1285 0.00035932 84 1201 -87%
2018 1252 0.000356097 79 1173 -87%
2019 1124 0.000323832 67 1057 -88%
2020 1178 0.000352634 95 1083 -84%
2021 1098 0.00032409 95 1003 -83%
2022 1101 0.000325438 100 1001 -82%
2023 1122 0.00033885 114 1008 -80%
2024 1061 0.000318762 118 943 -78%

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