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Anson
Pronounced /ˈæn.sən/
Rank in 2024
#1,400
Born in 2024
134
Peak year
2016 · #787
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 134 boys were named Anson, about 1 in every 12,801.
- It peaked in 2016 with 302 babies, ranked #787.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 7,837 boys have been named Anson since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Anson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 458 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 332 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 445 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 934 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 979 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,947 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,616 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ann + -son (the former word is a diminutive).
- An English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈæn.sən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Anson, CC BY-SA 4.0.