Anderson

Meaning: Son of Andrew
Origin: Middle English

Girl's name · #1243 in the US (2025) · Trending

11% girls · 89% boys — About 89% of babies named Anderson in recent years have been boys. Anderson →

Popularity over time

Anderson is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1946, it stood at #1243 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 1,700 girls have been named Anderson along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Anderson ran 3–4× its national rate in South Carolina, Tennessee and neighboring states.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Andersons

Anderson Clayton — American politician and activist

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 784,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Pamela Anderson — Canadian actress and model (born 1967)
Gillian Anderson — American actress (born 1968)
Carl David Anderson — American physicist

What Andersons become

Among 369 notable people named Anderson:

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