Ancil

Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246

Peak · boys
1901 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,099
since 1888

Ancil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ancil has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #943, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#12,2465
2016
2015#12,0865
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995#8,8685
1994#8,8005
1993
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986#5,9266
1985#6,5235
1984
1983
1982#5,0037
1981#6,2625
1980
1979
1978#4,5547
1977
1976#4,9356
1975
1974#5,2275
1973
1972#4,9865
1971#4,3756
1970#3,8367
1969#3,5957
1968#4,1365
1967#3,2317
1966#2,7849
1965
1964
1963#2,67310
1962#3,3057
1961#2,70610
1960#3,0778
1959#3,6196
1958#2,64210
1957#2,8229
1956#2,49711
1955#3,5056
1954#1,95616
1953#2,03815
1952#2,01015
1951#2,24612
1950#2,5809
1949#1,94115
1948#2,11513
1947#1,59922
1946#1,88415
1945#1,77215
1944#1,43822
1943#1,57720
1942#1,62919
1941#1,68517
1940#1,73616
1939#1,48920
1938#1,55919
1937#1,52820
1936#1,41722
1935#1,53820
1934#1,42523
1933#1,58619
1932#1,42624
1931#1,92715
1930#1,23533
1929#1,73119
1928#1,48025
1927#1,46826
1926#2,18614
1925#1,36029
1924#1,26333
1923#1,87418
1922#1,54524
1921#1,39029
1920#1,22535
1919#1,97316
1918#1,37327
1917#1,43724
1916#1,30427
1915#1,30626
1914#1,49217
1913#1,80310
1912#1,41712
1911#1,3877
1910
1909
1908#1,3735
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#9436
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

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.

See more about Ancil
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1901 at #943 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Ancil (252) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,057
1900s16#943 (1901)#1,220
1910s166#1,304 (1916)#1,499
1920s252#1,225 (1920)#1,552
1930s215#1,235 (1930)#1,513
1940s174#1,438 (1944)#1,738
1950s109#1,956 (1954)#2,592
1960s63#2,673 (1963)#3,188
1970s36#3,836 (1970)#4,652
1980s28#5,003 (1982)#6,197
1990s15#8,236 (1991)#8,635
2000s0
2010s10#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 1949

boys
#1,941
15 births · 1 in 118,263 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,941Ancil15
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 118,263 of them was named Ancil, which outranked 53.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ancil
  1. #1,872Vickie16
  2. #1,872Yolanda16
  3. #1,872Zeb16
  4. #1,941Ancil15
  5. #1,941Adell15
  6. #1,941Ann15
  7. #1,941Anna15
  8. #2,022Aden14
  9. #2,022Adrain14
  10. #2,022Aldon14

Tied with 80 names at #1,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 538Lannie#1,107#569
  2. 411Lenwood#1,296#885
  3. 338Robby#1,296#958
  4. 326Ocie#1,323#997
  5. 319Denzil#1,127#808
Fallers
  1. 473Loyal#989#1,462
  2. 446Rich#963#1,409
  3. 395Brock#733#1,128
  4. 376Baron#972#1,348
  5. 333Murry#989#1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949