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.
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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 354,404 of them was named Ansel, which outranked 14.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,861 of them was named Ansel, which outranked 91.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,180Kilian161
- #1,180Ledger161
- #1,180Zev161
- #1,183Ansel160
- #1,183Aston160
- #1,183Cal160
- #1,183Gerard160
- #1,194Dhruv159
- #1,194Jenson159
- #1,194Kenton159
Tied with 10 names at #1,183; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.