Meaning not yet researched.
Ansel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 186 in 2025. Its best rank was #540 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #540 in 1893; #1,138 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ansel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,138 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #540.
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Ansel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 186 boys in 2025. Peak: #540 in 1893 · most boys in one year: 186 (2025).
In 2025, 186 US boys were named Ansel, making it the 1,138th most common boys’ name of the year, up 148 places from #1,286 in 2024. That is 33 more than the 153 boys named Ansel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #540, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 186, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,175 in 2015 and #1,882 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ansel in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 4,811 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,209 babies named Ansel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,587 US boys were named Ansel; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 186. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,183 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ansel ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #536 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Ancil, Ancel and Anzal are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ancil (1,099), Ancel (751), Anzal (341), Anzel (153), Ansil (25), Ansal (10), Ansell (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ansel in the open dataset we use.
Ansel is listed as a nickname for Anselm.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 6 | #536 | #638 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #686 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #715 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #724 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #791 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #805 | #957 |
| Colorado | 5 | #858 | #554 |
| California | 27 | #862 | #772 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,009 | #852 |
| Texas | 21 | #1,072 | #1,771 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,261 | #1,095 |
| New York | 8 | #1,304 | #1,248 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,360 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 186 | #1,138 |
| 2024 | — | — | 153 | #1,286 |
| 2023 | — | — | 166 | #1,203 |
| 2022 | — | — | 146 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | — | — | 157 | #1,225 |
| 2020 | — | — | 163 | #1,179 |
| 2019 | — | — | 137 | #1,327 |
| 2018 | — | — | 171 | #1,129 |
| 2017 | — | — | 148 | #1,236 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,500 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | — | — | 158 | #1,175 |
| 2014 | — | — | 109 | #1,485 |
| 2013 | — | — | 102 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | — | — | 69 | #2,017 |
| 2011 | — | — | 75 | #1,867 |
| 2010 | — | — | 75 | #1,899 |
| 2009 | — | — | 51 | #2,487 |
| 2008 | — | — | 63 | #2,141 |
| 2007 | — | — | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | — | — | 49 | #2,479 |
| 2005 | — | — | 70 | #1,839 |
| 2004 | — | — | 50 | #2,285 |
| 2003 | — | — | 45 | #2,355 |
| 2002 | — | — | 38 | #2,561 |
| 2001 | — | — | 28 | #3,145 |
| 2000 | — | — | 27 | #3,153 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | #2,943 |
| 1998 | — | — | 22 | #3,395 |
| 1997 | — | — | 28 | #2,751 |
| 1996 | — | — | 19 | #3,554 |
| 1995 | — | — | 28 | #2,628 |
| 1994 | — | — | 26 | #2,772 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,512 |
| 1992 | — | — | 21 | #3,109 |
| 1991 | — | — | 28 | #2,471 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #2,957 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,692 |
| 1988 | — | — | 24 | #2,437 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,564 |
| 1986 | — | — | 16 | #3,009 |
| 1985 | — | — | 22 | #2,360 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,831 |
| 1983 | — | — | 18 | #2,584 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,683 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,540 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,177 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,137 |
| 1977 | — | — | 25 | #1,951 |
| 1976 | — | — | 18 | #2,420 |
| 1975 | — | — | 9 | #3,673 |
| 1974 | — | — | 8 | #3,854 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,219 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #2,995 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,565 |
| 1970 | — | — | 22 | #1,889 |
| 1969 | — | — | 14 | #2,312 |
| 1968 | — | — | 12 | #2,449 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,476 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,857 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,615 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1962 | — | — | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,543 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,692 |
| 1959 | — | — | 13 | #2,301 |
| 1958 | — | — | 15 | #2,096 |
| 1957 | — | — | 15 | #2,098 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1955 | — | — | 19 | #1,792 |
| 1954 | — | — | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,101 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,617 |
| 1951 | — | — | 20 | #1,686 |
| 1950 | — | — | 16 | #1,882 |
| 1949 | — | — | 21 | #1,618 |
| 1948 | — | — | 21 | #1,614 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,851 |
| 1946 | — | — | 12 | #2,151 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,497 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1943 | — | — | 32 | #1,216 |
| 1942 | — | — | 13 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,533 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,434 |
| 1939 | — | — | 12 | #2,058 |
| 1938 | — | — | 22 | #1,441 |
| 1937 | — | — | 20 | #1,531 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1935 | — | — | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1934 | — | — | 31 | #1,192 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,181 |
| 1932 | — | — | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | — | — | 24 | #1,429 |
| 1930 | — | — | 37 | #1,152 |
| 1929 | — | — | 24 | #1,482 |
| 1928 | — | — | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1927 | — | — | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1926 | — | — | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | — | — | 44 | #1,042 |
| 1924 | — | — | 40 | #1,135 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #962 |
| 1922 | — | — | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1921 | — | — | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | — | — | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | — | — | 46 | #1,000 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,852 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1917 | — | — | 39 | #1,064 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #893 |
| 1915 | — | — | 42 | #963 |
| 1914 | — | — | 30 | #1,020 |
| 1913 | — | — | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #971 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,293 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,201 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,025 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,223 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #854 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,095 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,321 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,068 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #741 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #861 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #540 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,075 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #701 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #889 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #883 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,042 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #760 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #951 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).