Ansel
Ansel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 152 births. Its best rank was 540th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1520.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2018171 births
- Best rank
- #540in 1893
- Since 1882
- 4,614people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,614 boys have been named Ansel in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 171 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ansel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | |
| 1890s | 53 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 307 | |
| 1920s | 387 | |
| 1930s | 238 | |
| 1940s | 203 | |
| 1950s | 170 | |
| 1960s | 124 | |
| 1970s | 160 | |
| 1980s | 188 | |
| 1990s | 250 | |
| 2000s | 483 | |
| 2010s | 1,204 | |
| 2020s | 784 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Ansel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Ansel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emersonpeak 2019
- Emmittpeak 2019
- Fordpeak 2021
- Emmettpeak 2021
- Royalpeak 2021
- Millerpeak 2024
- Aldenpeak 2024
- Augustinepeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.