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Ansel Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Ansel?

In 2018 the uncommon name Ansel, ranked the 1,131st Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Ansel is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #540 was reached in 1893.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 2018 with 169 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Ansel was less than 5, most recently in 1907.

Ansel, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1910-1916, 1939-1943, 1959-1962, 1974-1977, 1998-2005, and 2009-2015, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1936-1939.

For a number of years, the name Ansel has been soaring upward in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Ansel for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Ansel?

Ansel's popularity is at or near its highest point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Ansel is still rare but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Ansel (Girl)Ansel (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 169 1,131
2017 < 5 -- 147 1,236
2016 5 16,463 160 1,183
2015 < 5 -- 158 1,173
2014 < 5 -- 109 1,484
2013 < 5 -- 102 1,545
2012 < 5 -- 69 2,016
2011 < 5 -- 75 1,864
2010 < 5 -- 75 1,899
2009 < 5 -- 51 2,487
2008 < 5 -- 63 2,141
2007 < 5 -- 62 2,163
2006 < 5 -- 49 2,478
2005 < 5 -- 70 1,836
2004 < 5 -- 50 2,284
2003 < 5 -- 45 2,355
2002 < 5 -- 38 2,558
2001 < 5 -- 28 3,144
2000 < 5 -- 27 3,152
1999 < 5 -- 28 2,942
1998 < 5 -- 22 3,394
1997 < 5 -- 28 2,751
1996 < 5 -- 19 3,553
1995 < 5 -- 28 2,628
1994 < 5 -- 26 2,769
1993 < 5 -- 29 2,512
1992 < 5 -- 21 3,108
1991 < 5 -- 28 2,471
1990 < 5 -- 21 2,955
1989 < 5 -- 23 2,692
1988 < 5 -- 24 2,437
1987 < 5 -- 21 2,562
1986 < 5 -- 16 3,011
1985 < 5 -- 22 2,360
1984 < 5 -- 16 2,830
1983 < 5 -- 18 2,585
1982 < 5 -- 12 3,490
1981 < 5 -- 17 2,684
1980 < 5 -- 19 2,536
1979 < 5 -- 13 3,177
1978 < 5 -- 22 2,135
1977 < 5 -- 25 1,950
1976 < 5 -- 18 2,421
1975 < 5 -- 9 3,675
1974 < 5 -- 8 3,853
1973 < 5 -- 18 2,220
1972 < 5 -- 11 2,997
1971 < 5 -- 14 2,565
1970 < 5 -- 22 1,892
1969 < 5 -- 14 2,311
1968 < 5 -- 12 2,446
1967 < 5 -- 11 2,477
1966 < 5 -- 11 2,465
1965 < 5 -- 18 1,856
1964 < 5 -- 6 3,615
1963 < 5 -- 14 2,205
1962 < 5 -- 17 1,965
1961 < 5 -- 11 2,536
1960 < 5 -- 10 2,694
1959 < 5 -- 13 2,302
1958 < 5 -- 15 2,097
1957 < 5 -- 15 2,098
1956 < 5 -- 16 2,019
1955 < 5 -- 19 1,791
1954 < 5 -- 20 1,708
1953 < 5 -- 14 2,103
1952 < 5 -- 22 1,617
1951 < 5 -- 20 1,684
1950 < 5 -- 16 1,882
1949 < 5 -- 21 1,617
1948 < 5 -- 21 1,614
1947 < 5 -- 17 1,850
1946 < 5 -- 12 2,151
1945 < 5 -- 20 1,497
1944 < 5 -- 25 1,331
1943 < 5 -- 32 1,217
1942 < 5 -- 13 2,044
1941 < 5 -- 20 1,533
1940 < 5 -- 22 1,434
1939 < 5 -- 12 2,056
1938 < 5 -- 22 1,441
1937 < 5 -- 20 1,530
1936 < 5 -- 21 1,462
1935 < 5 -- 19 1,586
1934 < 5 -- 31 1,192
1933 < 5 -- 31 1,180
1932 < 5 -- 21 1,547
1931 < 5 -- 24 1,429
1930 < 5 -- 37 1,152
1929 < 5 -- 24 1,483
1928 < 5 -- 37 1,167
1927 < 5 -- 33 1,267
1926 < 5 -- 35 1,219
1925 < 5 -- 44 1,042
1924 < 5 -- 40 1,135
1923 < 5 -- 51 962
1922 < 5 -- 47 1,032
1921 < 5 -- 40 1,122
1920 < 5 -- 36 1,208
1919 < 5 -- 46 1,000
1918 5 4,852 31 1,258
1917 < 5 -- 39 1,064
1916 < 5 -- 49 893
1915 < 5 -- 42 963
1914 < 5 -- 30 1,020
1913 < 5 -- 32 855
1912 < 5 -- 22 971
1911 < 5 -- 8 1,293
1910 < 5 -- 8 1,201
1909 < 5 -- 9 1,025
1908 < 5 -- 6 1,223
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- 9 854
1905 < 5 -- 6 1,095
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- 5 1,147
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- 5 1,321
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- 5 1,068
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- 9 742
1894 < 5 -- 7 861
1893 < 5 -- 13 540
1892 < 5 -- 5 1,075
1891 < 5 -- 8 701
1890 < 5 -- 6 889
1889 < 5 -- 6 883
1888 < 5 -- 5 1,042
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- 7 760
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- 5 951
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.