Ansen

Peak · boys
2014 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
283
since 1977

Ansen over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ansen has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,485, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#5,90415
2023#6,22014
2022#8,3009
2021#6,03214
2020#8,7398
2019#7,64310
2018#7,61710
2017#7,09511
2016#6,34913
2015#7,06611
2014#5,48516
2013#8,1189
2012#8,1589
2011#7,50210
2010#6,69812
2009#8,3109
2008#9,0198
2007#7,59010
2006#6,90411
2005#6,22612
2004#5,49214
2003#8,6437
2002#8,4567
2001#6,9359
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Ansen! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1977–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ansen is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Ansen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ansen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,775 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #7,679)
  • 1,060 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #7,679)
  • 613 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2014 at #5,485 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 114,859
  • Highest: 1 in 114,859 boys born in 2024 were named Ansen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5,485 in 2014, was only 1 in 120,054 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 39.2% of all boys named Ansen (111) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#5,845 (1977)#5,845
1980s5#6,250 (1980)#6,250
1990s5#9,912 (1999)#9,912
2000s87#5,492 (2004)#7,508
2010s111#5,485 (2014)#7,173
2020s70#5,904 (2024)#7,146

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.

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