girls:
290 births since 1994
#5426 (5th percentile)
boys:
898 births since 1988
#3691 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1988
#6552 (15th percentile)
The name Andersen is the #6,552 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,188 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 15.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,691 (19.5% percentile) for all time with 898 births since 1988. For girls, it ranks #5,426 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 290 births since 1994.
Andersen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (1988 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Andersen is available in 34 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Andersen has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 42.9% of babies named Andersen were boys.
For boys, Andersen reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #839) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Andersen ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 33.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Andersen reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #941) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Andersen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #932 (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Andersen".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Andersen is pronounced as AN-der-suhn, which has 3 syllables.
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