Anson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Anson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,728 for boy births in the United States (and #3,690 across all names), given to 94 babies. Anson first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2016 (302 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,387 |
| 2023 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,294 |
| 2022 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,246 |
| 2021 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,254 |
| 2020 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,058 |
| 2019 | 218 | 218 | — | #978 |
| 2018 | 246 | 246 | — | #885 |
| 2017 | 295 | 295 | — | #789 |
| 2016 | 302 | 302 | — | #785 |
| 2015 | 287 | 287 | — | #804 |
| 2014 | 282 | 282 | — | #809 |
| 2013 | 205 | 205 | — | #974 |
| 2012 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,151 |
| 2011 | 161 | 161 | #17,027 | #1,152 |
| 2010 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,105 |
| 2008 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,049 |
| 2007 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,206 |
| 2006 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,265 |
| 2005 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,170 |
| 2004 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,145 |
| 2003 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,277 |
| 2002 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,346 |
| 2001 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,298 |
| 2000 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,497 |
| 1999 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,580 |
| 1998 | 62 | 62 | — | #1,666 |
| 1997 | 70 | — | — | #1,499 |
| 1996 | 57 | — | — | #1,671 |
| 1995 | 48 | — | — | #1,802 |
| 1994 | 48 | — | — | #1,795 |
| 1993 | 47 | — | — | #1,792 |
| 1992 | 45 | — | — | #1,820 |
| 1991 | 53 | — | — | #1,590 |
| 1990 | 58 | — | — | #1,486 |
| 1989 | 49 | — | — | #1,615 |
| 1988 | 71 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1987 | 72 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1986 | 64 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1985 | 68 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1984 | 72 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1982 | 71 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1981 | 93 | — | — | #934 |
| 1980 | 105 | — | — | #867 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | — | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 90 | — | — | #908 |
| 1977 | 123 | — | — | #767 |
| 1976 | 92 | — | — | #873 |
| 1975 | 63 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1974 | 47 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 40 | — | — | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 46 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 26 | — | — | #1,746 |
| 1970 | 46 | — | — | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 45 | — | — | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | — | #1,577 |
| 1967 | 44 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1964 | 41 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1963 | 24 | — | — | #1,628 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | — | #1,760 |
| 1961 | 33 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | — | #1,860 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | — | #1,560 |
| 1958 | 30 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1957 | 32 | — | — | #1,390 |
| 1956 | 25 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1955 | 31 | — | — | #1,371 |
| 1954 | 25 | — | — | #1,528 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | — | #2,191 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | — | #1,432 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | — | #2,056 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | — | #2,116 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | — | #1,756 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | — | #1,884 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | — | #1,699 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | — | #1,817 |
| 1945 | 22 | — | — | #1,408 |
| 1944 | 27 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1942 | 30 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | — | #1,435 |
| 1939 | 18 | — | — | #1,579 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | — | #1,903 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | — | #1,915 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | — | #1,464 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | — | #1,861 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | — | #2,215 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | — | #2,648 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | — | #1,930 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | — | #2,301 |
| 1929 | 23 | — | — | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,051 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | — | #1,471 |
| 1926 | 31 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | — | #1,587 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1923 | 24 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1922 | 30 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1920 | 21 | — | — | #1,700 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1917 | 27 | — | — | #1,324 |
| 1916 | 31 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1915 | 33 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | — | #1,368 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,600 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | — | #666 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,011 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,069 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #982 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | — | #733 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #770 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #961 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | — | #603 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #884 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #824 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | — | #700 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #645 |
| 1884 | 10 | — | — | #614 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | — | #647 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #653 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #598 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #603 |