Ansley
#1,309 for girls in 2025, 170 births · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 470 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,878since 1960
Ansley over time
Rank among girls' names. Ansley has never cracked the top 600 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 | #1,309 | 170 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,317 | 174 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,151 | 211 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,089 | 229 | — | |
| 2021 | #996 | 257 | — | |
| 2020 | #953 | 268 | — | |
| 2019 | #960 | 274 | — | |
| 2018 | #786 | 347 | — | |
| 2017 | #763 | 363 | — | |
| 2016 | #698 | 412 | — | |
| 2015 | #618 | 467 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #617 | 464 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #679 | 417 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #695 | 404 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #616 | 470 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #637 | 462 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #659 | 449 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #719 | 414 | — | |
| 2007 | #706 | 414 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #703 | 404 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #656 | 421 | — | |
| 2004 | #663 | 412 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #685 | 383 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #680 | 370 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #739 | 324 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #762 | 300 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #824 | 263 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #750 | 289 | — | |
| 1997 | #872 | 234 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #957 | 201 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,074 | 166 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,083 | 166 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,290 | 131 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,434 | 112 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,543 | 99 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #1,479 | 98 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #1,704 | 75 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,299 | 42 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ansley! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ansley
- 8 spots since 2024 (#1,317 → #1,309)
- 356 spots since 2020 (#953 → #1,309)
- 691 spots since 2015 (#618 → #1,309)
- Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1998 (#872 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2019 (#786 → #960)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2011 at #616 (470 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1996–2021
- Highest: 1 in 3,743 girls born in 2011 were named Ansley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,455 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Ansley (4,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66 | #3,952 (1965) | #5,025 |
| 1970s | 206 | #2,715 (1977) | #3,542 |
| 1980s | 557 | #1,479 (1989) | #2,066 |
| 1990s | 1,769 | #750 (1998) | #1,129 |
| 2000s | 3,891 | #656 (2005) | #697 |
| 2010s | 4,080 | #616 (2011) | #707 |
| 2020s | 1,309 | #953 (2020) | #1,136 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ansley in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 38,123 of them was named Ansley, which outranked 82.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,228Tatianna46
- #2,228Teal46
- #2,228Tynesha46
- #2,265Ansley45
- #2,265Angella45
- #2,265Augusta45
- #2,265Brittiany45
- #2,300Alberta44
- #2,300Amberlee44
- #2,300Brandice44
Tied with 34 names at #2,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 306,919 of them was named Ansley, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,332Zebulin7
- #5,332Zeeshan7
- #5,332Ziad7
- #5,926Ansley6
- #5,926Aaric6
- #5,926Aarin6
- #5,926Abayomi6
- #6,721Aalok5
- #6,721Aamer5
- #6,721Aaronjames5
Tied with 794 names at #5,926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.