Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ancel

#5,704 most common boys' name of all time · #14,214 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2019

Rank among boys
#5,704
Rank overall
#14,214 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
751
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1919 #1,458
Best rank
#947 1884
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
190019201940196019802000

Ancel first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2019 10 10 #7,663
2018 5 5 #12,209
2017 5 5 #12,291
2016 6 6 #10,772
2014 6 6 #10,767
2012 7 7 #9,737
2011 8 8 #8,795
2010 8 8 #8,837
2008 6 6 #11,072
2007 9 9 #8,202
2000 6 6 #9,163
1998 5 5 #9,670
1992 5 5 #8,484
1981 6 6 #5,520
1976 6 6 #4,986
1972 5 5 #5,056
1968 6 6 #3,736
1966 9 9 #2,819
1962 5 5 #4,096
1961 6 6 #3,703
1960 8 8 #3,116
1958 6 6 #3,612
1957 5 5 #4,052
1956 6 6 #3,576
1954 7 7 #3,221
1953 7 7 #3,187
1951 6 6 #3,418
1950 11 11 #2,340
1949 9 9 #2,651
1948 5 5 #3,737
1947 12 12 #2,278
1946 10 10 #2,435
1944 13 13 #2,019
1943 7 7 #2,997
1942 12 12 #2,180
1941 16 16 #1,775
1940 13 13 #2,015
1939 7 7 #2,880
1938 11 11 #2,219
1937 10 10 #2,361
1936 9 9 #2,491
1935 15 15 #1,863
1934 9 9 #2,586
1933 12 12 #2,126
1932 14 14 #2,024
1931 20 20 #1,614
1930 12 12 #2,325
1929 13 13 #2,235
1928 19 19 #1,775
1927 15 15 #2,138
1926 13 13 #2,342
1925 20 20 #1,764
1924 14 14 #2,257
1923 21 21 #1,715
1922 21 21 #1,716
1921 14 14 #2,290
1920 17 17 #1,995
1919 25 25 #1,458
1918 22 22 #1,614
1917 22 22 #1,547
1916 16 16 #1,882
1915 22 22 #1,475
1914 22 22 #1,278
1913 8 8 #2,136
1912 8 8 #1,924
1907 5 5 #1,419
1905 6 6 #1,180
1904 6 6 #1,138
1897 5 5 #1,159
1885 5 5 #1,045
1884 6 6 #947
1883 5 5 #986