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Anson

Boy's name · #1728 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Anson reached its best rank, #598, in 1881 and ranked #1728 in 2025. Roughly 7,900 boys have been named Anson since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,565 in Canada (2025) · #2,664 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #4,108 in Ecuador (2009).

Famous Ansons

• Anson Mount — American actor (born 1973)
• Anson Williams — American actor (born 1949)
• Anson Boon — English actor (born 2000)
• Anson Carter — Canadian ice hockey player (born 1974)
• Anson Jones — President of the Republic of Texas from 1844 to 1846 (1798–1858)

What Ansons become

Among 102 notable people named Anson:

Business leaders appear 2.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anson Green Phelps, American entrepreneur and businessman (1781–1853).

Similar names: Benton · Ansel · Presley · Gibson · Addison · Orson

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