Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Anden isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 717
- 717 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,776 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,776 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 53.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 68 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 728 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anden’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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