Anders is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 297 boys in the United States.
Anders belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Anders first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #749 in 2014, and in 2024 297 babies received the name — 7,793 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Anders is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Scandinavian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Anders is a boy name. In 2024, 297 babies received the name in the US.
Anders comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Anders first appears in US records in 1912. Its best-ever ranking was #749 in 2014, and 297 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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