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Ansel

Ansel was most popular in 2025, when 186 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 1,138 for boys.

4,811babies since 1880
2025most popular year
#540best rank, 1893
#1,138rank in 2025

Babies named Ansel each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s023
1890s053
1900s040
1910s5307
1920s0387
1930s0238
1940s0203
1950s0170
1960s0124
1970s0160
1980s0188
1990s0250
2000s0483
2010s51,204
2020s0971

Ansel in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Ansel.

US England and Wales France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 2025 1 in 9,183 #1,138
England and Wales 2024 1 in 17,360 #2,021
France 2025 1 in 60,538 #3,396

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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