Ansel
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #1,138 for boys in 2025, 186 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,801since 1882
Ansel over time
Rank among boys' names. Ansel has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,138 | 186 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,286 | 153 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,203 | 166 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,300 | 146 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,225 | 157 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,177 | 163 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,327 | 137 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,128 | 171 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,236 | 148 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #1,183 | 160 |
| 2015 | — | #1,174 | 158 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,485 | 109 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,546 | 102 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,016 | 69 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,866 | 75 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,898 | 75 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,486 | 51 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,140 | 63 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,164 | 62 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,477 | 49 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,838 | 70 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,283 | 50 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,750 | 28 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,766 | 26 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,680 | 17 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,683 | 20 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,214 | 32 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,181 | 31 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,040 | 44 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,122 | 40 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,208 | 36 | |
| 1919 | — | #999 | 46 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | — | #1,062 | 39 | |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | — | #962 | 42 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ansel! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ansel is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#268 · 1 in 2,456
- Georgia#443 · 1 in 5,649
Best ever in a state: #205 in South Carolina, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #268 | 8 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Georgia | #443 | 5 | 1 in 5,649 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ansel
- 148 spots since 2024 (#1,286 → #1,138)
- 39 spots since 2020 (#1,177 → #1,138)
- 36 spots since 2015 (#1,174 → #1,138)
- Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700 → #1,066)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1893 at #538 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1889–1891
- Highest: 1 in 8,640 boys born in 1893 were named Ansel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,183 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Ansel (1,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #758 (1886) | #903 |
| 1890s | 53 | #538 (1893) | #834 |
| 1900s | 40 | #852 (1906) | #1,105 |
| 1910s | 307 | #855 (1913) | #1,050 |
| 1920s | 387 | #961 (1923) | #1,163 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,151 (1930) | #1,456 |
| 1940s | 203 | #1,214 (1943) | #1,626 |
| 1950s | 170 | #1,615 (1952) | #1,927 |
| 1960s | 124 | #1,856 (1965) | #2,453 |
| 1970s | 160 | #1,889 (1970) | #2,682 |
| 1980s | 188 | #2,357 (1985) | #2,715 |
| 1990s | 250 | #2,469 (1991) | #2,906 |
| 2000s | 483 | #1,838 (2005) | #2,459 |
| 2010s | 1,204 | #1,128 (2018) | #1,486 |
| 2020s | 971 | #1,138 (2025) | #1,222 |
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.
Ansel in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 21,492 of them was named Ansel, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).