# Anderson name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/anderson
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Anderson ranked #363 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #363.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #363
- Birth count: 898
- Rate per 10,000: 5.26

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Anderson
- Rank: #363
- Birth count: 909
- Rate per 10,000: 5.32
- Official count multiplier: 1.01x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.08
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.7%

## Trend
- Label: mixed / watch
- Peak rate year: 2012
- Best rank year: 1890
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 80.5%

## Spelling components
- Anderson: 898 births
- Andersson: 11 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology