Anderson

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anderson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anderson: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2022
1998	#1485
1999	#1383
2000	#3036
2001	#1467
2002	#1253
2003	#2470
2004	#1732
2005	#1617
2006	#1545
2007	#1756
2008	#1156
2009	#972
2010	#1289
2011	#1045
2012	#1270
2013	#931
2014	#1560
2015	#903
2016	#1319
2017	#1068
2018	#1061
2019	#1253
2020	#1019
2021	#1595
2022	#1781
2023	#1533
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2012
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Anderson appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 467 births with the name.

Anderson across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anderson's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#903 (2015)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	467 (1996–2024)	33 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#718 (2012)	2 of 11	6 (2002–2012)	3 (2002)

Anderson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anderson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	120	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	236	10 of 10	24
2020s	85	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anderson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Anderson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Andie · #541, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emie · #446, 25y
Layna · #446, 27y
Riva · #446, 25y
Leen · #458, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y
Jawad · #451, 30y

Anderson was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anderson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anderson without appearing here.

Anderson moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3687.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3158.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Anderson

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1253 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2470 and #1092.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #1224.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #931 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1560 and #1012.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1045 and #1087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1270 and #852.

Moved the opposite way to Anderson

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Anderson went from #2357 to #1019 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Anderson went from #2357 to #1253 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Anderson went from #2357 to #903 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Anderson went from #2357 to #903 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.

Moved the same way as Anderson

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Anderson went from #1253 to #1758 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Anderson across 2 official records

Anderson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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