Given name & surname

Anon

Anon is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Anon 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 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Anon through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2011
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20110.0
Anon in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2011–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,567 as a first name in 2020; 1,575 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Anon’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Anon is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛音.

Walk Anon’s family in the name graph

Anon愛音Ånon

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Anon

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Anon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Madon

“one who is organized; a planner”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Abrien

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Carrson

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Adain

“her mother's daughter; a mother's pride”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Crayson

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Cadon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Camdon

“of the enclosed valley” · “from the winding valley”

13Very rareCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Adharsh

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Anon’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Anon

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