Ansel

Where Ansel comes from

The dictionaries list Ansel as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1893
    Peak, #538
    13 babies named Ansel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1902
    Ansel Adams born
    American photographer and environmentalist
  5. 1994
    Ansel Elgort born
    American actor, singer, DJ and record producer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ansel Adams · American photographer and environmentalist, 1902–1984
  • Ansel Elgort · American actor, singer, DJ and record producer, born 1994
  • Ansel Briggs · American politician, 1806–1881
  • Ansel Haugsjaa · American luger, born 2004
  • Ansel Galimov · Russian ice hockey player, born 1991

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.