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How popular is the name Anson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ansons are alive today.
Anson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1800th most popular that year.
The Anson you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old - or else around 19: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ansons born in England and Wales are between 7 and 23, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Anson - on average, only one in every 1,684 such rooms contains a Anson.
How many babies are named Anson each year?
Where does Anson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Anson most popular?
Anson peaked in 2023, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Anson?
At least 180 people named Anson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Anson?
Most living Ansons are between 7 and 23; the most common age is about 4. There is a second cluster around 19.
Is Anson becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.