Ancel

Where Ancel comes from

Ancel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1884
    Peak, #848
    6 babies named Ancel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1904
    Ancel Keys born
    American nutritionist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ancel Keys · American nutritionist, 1904–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.