Over the past 110 years, 268 girls and 22 834 boys have been named Anderson. The name Anderson ranks 6169th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Anderson in 1996. The peak of popularity of the name Anderson came in the 1990s and 2010s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.