Anders
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Anders
Friendly and rugged at the same time, Anders is a Scandinavian form of the Andrew and Andreas family, used across Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and in the US. Consistently in the American Top 1000 since 2010, a recent year saw it given to around 300 boys.
Anders for boys#984 US
Meaning "strong, manly, masculine", Anders ultimately comes from the Greek andreios and has been used in Sweden since at least the 14th century. Once common among priests and farmers in the medieval period, it went on to become the forth most popular Swedish boy name of all time.
Less popular than the patronymic Anderson in the US, it is likely said as AN-ders or AHN-ders in English. In Swedish, however, it's AN-dush, in Norwegian its AHN-nush, and in Danish, its AHN-us.
Trivia tidbits: The patronymic Andersson is the second most popular surname in Sweden, while in Denmark, Donald Duck is called Anders And.
Anders for girls
Anderson has been on the rise for girls (though more notably for boys) in the US in recent years, but 2024 saw the Scandinavian first name enter the US stats for girls for the first time when it was chosen for five babies.
Derived from Andreas and Andrew meaning "manly, masculine", the name charts in the Top 1000 for boys and was chosen for nearly 300 in a the latest count, however, it does hold a sort of quirky, jaunty feel for a girl, in tune with Collins and Rivers, but also Andrea and Amanda.
Pronounced AHN-ders.
As of October 2026, Anders ranked #984 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #749 in 2014, Nameberry popularity #601.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #749 | 316 | 164.5 |
| 2015 | #796 | 293 | 152.9 |
| 2016 | #820 | 278 | 146.5 |
| 2017 | #794 | 290 | 156.7 |
| 2018 | #787 | 290 | 159.7 |
| 2019 | #917 | 239 | 133.2 |
| 2020 | #826 | 278 | 161.1 |
| 2021 | #883 | 262 | 149.8 |
| 2022 | #855 | 283 | 162.1 |
| 2023 | #845 | 287 | 167.8 |
| 2024 | #830 | 297 | 172.4 |
| 2025 | #984 | 232 | 135.8 |
World rankings
Anders for boys
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Anders on lists
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- Anders Frithiof AugustBoy
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son of runner Joan Benoit and Scott Samuelson
- Anders Reyn Ribeiro (b. 2015)Boy
son of Alfonso Ribeiro & Angela Unkrich
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Anders in pop culture
- Anders "Ders" HolmvikBoy
character on TV's "Workaholics," played by Anders Holm
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character on British TV series "Wild at Heart"
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