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Anson Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Anson?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Anson, ranked the 885th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Anson has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #598 was reached in 1881.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 2016 with 302 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Anson in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1909.

Anson, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1910-1915, 1918-1921, 1932-1935, 1938-1942, 1948-1952, 1971-1977, 1998-2004, 2005-2008, and 2010-2014, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1986-1989.

For a number of years, the name Anson has been soaring upward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Anson has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Anson?

Anson's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Anson is used by only a select few but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Anson (Girl)Anson (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 243 885
2017 < 5 -- 295 789
2016 < 5 -- 302 785
2015 < 5 -- 286 803
2014 < 5 -- 282 808
2013 < 5 -- 204 977
2012 < 5 -- 159 1,150
2011 5 17,011 156 1,152
2010 < 5 -- 141 1,244
2009 < 5 -- 167 1,105
2008 < 5 -- 181 1,046
2007 < 5 -- 146 1,203
2006 < 5 -- 132 1,260
2005 < 5 -- 136 1,170
2004 < 5 -- 137 1,142
2003 < 5 -- 111 1,277
2002 < 5 -- 98 1,346
2001 < 5 -- 101 1,298
2000 < 5 -- 81 1,496
1999 < 5 -- 69 1,580
1998 < 5 -- 62 1,666
1997 < 5 -- 70 1,498
1996 < 5 -- 57 1,671
1995 < 5 -- 48 1,802
1994 < 5 -- 48 1,794
1993 < 5 -- 47 1,792
1992 < 5 -- 45 1,820
1991 < 5 -- 53 1,589
1990 < 5 -- 58 1,485
1989 < 5 -- 49 1,615
1988 < 5 -- 71 1,205
1987 < 5 -- 72 1,130
1986 < 5 -- 64 1,187
1985 < 5 -- 68 1,124
1984 < 5 -- 72 1,054
1983 < 5 -- 63 1,132
1982 < 5 -- 71 1,083
1981 < 5 -- 93 933
1980 < 5 -- 105 868
1979 < 5 -- 62 1,136
1978 < 5 -- 90 908
1977 < 5 -- 123 768
1976 < 5 -- 92 873
1975 < 5 -- 63 1,042
1974 < 5 -- 47 1,215
1973 < 5 -- 40 1,312
1972 < 5 -- 46 1,210
1971 < 5 -- 26 1,748
1970 < 5 -- 46 1,221
1969 < 5 -- 45 1,169
1968 < 5 -- 25 1,577
1967 < 5 -- 44 1,115
1966 < 5 -- 35 1,283
1965 < 5 -- 45 1,108
1964 < 5 -- 41 1,199
1963 < 5 -- 24 1,630
1962 < 5 -- 21 1,762
1961 < 5 -- 33 1,389
1960 < 5 -- 19 1,863
1959 < 5 -- 26 1,556
1958 < 5 -- 30 1,417
1957 < 5 -- 32 1,388
1956 < 5 -- 25 1,566
1955 < 5 -- 31 1,371
1954 < 5 -- 25 1,525
1953 < 5 -- 13 2,189
1952 < 5 -- 28 1,431
1951 < 5 -- 14 2,056
1950 < 5 -- 13 2,117
1949 < 5 -- 18 1,755
1948 < 5 -- 16 1,884
1947 < 5 -- 20 1,700
1946 < 5 -- 16 1,815
1945 < 5 -- 22 1,407
1944 < 5 -- 27 1,285
1943 < 5 -- 19 1,638
1942 < 5 -- 30 1,272
1941 < 5 -- 25 1,334
1940 < 5 -- 22 1,435
1939 < 5 -- 18 1,579
1938 < 5 -- 14 1,903
1937 < 5 -- 14 1,916
1936 < 5 -- 21 1,463
1935 < 5 -- 20 1,544
1934 < 5 -- 15 1,863
1933 < 5 -- 11 2,214
1932 < 5 -- 9 2,648
1931 < 5 -- 15 1,932
1930 < 5 -- 12 2,303
1929 < 5 -- 23 1,522
1928 < 5 -- 15 2,051
1927 < 5 -- 26 1,471
1926 < 5 -- 31 1,301
1925 < 5 -- 23 1,588
1924 < 5 -- 29 1,382
1923 < 5 -- 24 1,552
1922 < 5 -- 30 1,337
1921 < 5 -- 41 1,103
1920 < 5 -- 21 1,700
1919 < 5 -- 29 1,323
1918 < 5 -- 27 1,375
1917 < 5 -- 27 1,324
1916 < 5 -- 31 1,177
1915 < 5 -- 33 1,125
1914 < 5 -- 20 1,344
1913 < 5 -- 15 1,368
1912 < 5 -- 16 1,175
1911 < 5 -- 11 1,039
1910 < 5 -- 5 1,600
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- 13 666
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- 6 1,011
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- 6 1,171
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- 5 1,069
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- 6 982
1894 < 5 -- 9 733
1893 < 5 -- 8 770
1892 < 5 -- 6 961
1891 < 5 -- 10 603
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- 6 884
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- 6 824
1886 < 5 -- 8 700
1885 < 5 -- 9 645
1884 < 5 -- 10 614
1883 < 5 -- 9 647
1882 < 5 -- 9 653
1881 < 5 -- 9 598
1880 < 5 -- 10 603

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.