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Anders

#984 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Andreas

Anders has been given to 8,031 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #984 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 316 recorded.

Babies named Anders, 2025

1 in 14,300

Anders over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anders: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Andreas

Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish

What Anders means

Anders is a form of Andreas.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Anders → Andreas. The family’s meaning is “manly”, recorded in English with the source elements andreîos.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Anders (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Anders is used in English, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish. Its origins include Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Andreas and Andrew.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Danish, Anders is pronounced [ˈɑnɐs].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,026 boys were recorded with the name Anders between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 316 in 2014; its best national rank was #750 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #827 in 2020 to #984 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #797 in 2015 to #984 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Anders between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #15,468 in 2024.

How common is Anders?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,300
232 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,360
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#984
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,906 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Anders sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 9,906 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anders. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anderss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anders was born before 2011 — so the typical Anders is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,808
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (2,592).

Is Anders rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−152
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−157
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−187
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.79×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.4%
Peak was 2014 (316)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#750
2014

Spellings of Anders

Anders is not the most common spelling — Andre is, with 35.5% against Anders's 2.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Anders is used

Across 2016–2025, Anders was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 885 boys, against 1 in 6,318 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

2113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 885
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 971
  3. 3Montana1 in 1,010
  4. 4Utah1 in 1,176
  5. 5Washington1 in 2,273
  6. 6Colorado1 in 2,439
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 2,500
  8. 8Oregon1 in 2,564

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Anders is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 99% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Anders around the world

Where Anders ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • France
    1985–2022
    #4,167
    in 2022
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #292
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #738
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1974–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Anders

People whose public names include Anders, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Anders in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Anders. Linked forms have their own page here.

AnderAndorAndreAndreaAndrejAndresAndreuAndrewAndreyAndriyAndrowOndrejAndreasAndrejsAndriusAndrzejAndréAnttiDrejcAndrásAndrésAnndraOndřejAndréas

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Anders by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#984
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 157
Best rank ever
#750
2014
Peak year
2014
316 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,026
Count in 2025
232

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,468
2024
Peak year
2024
5 that year
First recorded
2024
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Anders

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AndreaAndreasAndreiAndreyAnderAndraeRogersAndrezAndreeAndrikAndresAndruRiversAndersonAndrejAndraAndenSandersAndrickAndrewsAndreusAndreAndriyAndris

Names with a curve like Anders

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Anders, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MordechaiMustafaCainYehudaYisroelAmeerAbdullahShmuelYosefMikaelReyShlomo

Sibling names for Anders

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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