NameTides

Anders

Anders was the #984 boys' name in the US in 2025 (232 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Anders as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Anders as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Anders as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#984 (232)#2,952 (7)#762 (3)#885 (29)
2024#832 (298)#2,264 (10)—#729 (36)
2023#845 (287)#2,547 (8)—#665 (39)
2022#855 (283)#2,530 (8)#703 (3)#763 (33)
2021#884 (262)#2,301 (9)—#538 (53)
2020#826 (278)#4,608 (3)—#731 (34)
2019#917 (239)#3,937 (4)—#759 (32)
2018#787 (290)#2,259 (9)#516 (5)#653 (39)
2017#794 (290)#3,040 (6)—#830 (29)
2016#820 (278)#2,556 (8)—#865 (27)
2015#796 (293)#1,673 (14)#686 (3)#706 (36)
2014#749 (316)#2,690 (7)—#954 (23)
2013#886 (235)#2,055 (10)—#977 (22)
2012#902 (230)#2,721 (7)—#1,143 (17)
2011#957 (207)——#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #832.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anders is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 8,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anders by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #251MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Anders (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Anders (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AndersCanadaBoys#88529
AndersEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
AndersNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AndersScotlandBoys#7623
AndersUSGirls—too few
AndersUSBoys#984232