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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |