Ancel
Last seen for boys in 2019 at #7,643
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 751since 1883
Ancel over time
Rank among boys' names. Ancel has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,983 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ancel! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1903, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ancel is popular in 1931
No state had 5 or more boys named Ancel in 1931, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ancel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 44 spots in 1884 (#892 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 88 spots in 1885 (#848 → #936)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1884 at #848 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1883–1885
- Highest: 1 in 19,074 boys born in 1884 were named Ancel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 179,422 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Ancel (167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #848 (1884) | #892 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,167 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,260 (1914) | #1,639 |
| 1920s | 167 | #1,695 (1922) | #1,998 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,589 (1931) | #2,217 |
| 1940s | 97 | #1,759 (1941) | #2,419 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,321 (1950) | #3,299 |
| 1960s | 34 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,444 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,935 (1976) | #4,961 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,468 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,435 (1992) | #9,033 |
| 2000s | 21 | #8,173 (2007) | #9,441 |
| 2010s | 55 | #7,643 (2019) | #10,098 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ancel in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 51,983 of them was named Ancel, which outranked 63.2% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,538Tyler21
- #1,538Wash21
- #1,538Washington21
- #1,589Ancel20
- #1,589Ace20
- #1,589Bernardino20
- #1,589Broadus20
- #1,643Ann19
- #1,643Barrie19
- #1,643Byrl19
Tied with 53 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.