Ancil
Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,099since 1888
Ancil over time
Rank among boys' names. Ancil has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,225 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ancil! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ancil is popular in 1956
No state had 5 or more boys named Ancil in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ancil
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1901 at #943 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1901
- Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Ancil (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 370,191 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 22.9% of all boys named Ancil (252) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 16 | #943 (1901) | #1,220 |
| 1910s | 166 | #1,304 (1916) | #1,499 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,225 (1920) | #1,552 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,235 (1930) | #1,513 |
| 1940s | 174 | #1,438 (1944) | #1,738 |
| 1950s | 109 | #1,956 (1954) | #2,592 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,188 |
| 1970s | 36 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,652 |
| 1980s | 28 | #5,003 (1982) | #6,197 |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,635 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,166 |
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.
Ancil in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 192,300 of them was named Ancil, which outranked 44.0% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,361Winton12
- #2,361Wright12
- #2,361Zeb12
- #2,497Ancil11
- #2,497Amon11
- #2,497Angela11
- #2,497Anothony11
- #2,628Aldon10
- #2,628Alpha10
- #2,628Andreas10
Tied with 130 names at #2,497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.