Baby name

Anson

Boy

Comeback name

The high point came in 2016, with 302 births and the No. 785 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1908, with about 0 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 1728.

7,932births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 785rank at its peak, in 2016

Where babies named Anson are born

2016

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The darker the blue, the more common Anson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Anson is most common in New York (2.2 times), California (2.1) and Texas (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Anton 23,915
Hanson 1,839
Janson 1,170
Andon 1,046

Names from the same era

Lennon · Langston · Franco · Kingsley · Hamilton · Cayson

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