Andersson
#7,220 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Andersson has been given to 145 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #7,220 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 13 recorded.
Babies named Andersson, 2025
1 in 301,000
Andersson over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Andersson?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,220
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Andersson sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Andersson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Anderssons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Andersson was born before 2017 — so the typical Andersson is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 44.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 145
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (65).
Is Andersson 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
- +3,815
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +310
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +4,974
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.20×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 84.6%
- Peak was 2018 (13)
- Years since peak
- 7
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 47.8% average annual change
Spellings of Andersson
Andersson is not the most common spelling — Anderson is, with 96.9% against Andersson's 0.41%.
Andersson by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Andersson
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Andersson
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.