Ancil
#4,525 most common boys' name of all time · #11,136 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2017
Rank among boys
#4,525
Rank overall
#11,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,099
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1920 #1,231
Best rank
#1,037 1901
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Ancil first appears in 1888. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,300 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,137 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,939 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,862 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,323 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,352 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,986 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,603 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,070 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,349 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,612 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,004 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,305 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,072 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,431 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,888 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,648 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,217 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,288 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,830 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,717 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,369 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,124 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,688 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,680 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,870 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,537 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,979 |
| 1953 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,060 |
| 1952 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,030 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,634 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,974 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,149 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,617 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,908 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,800 |
| 1944 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1943 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,606 |
| 1942 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 1941 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,721 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,767 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,508 |
| 1938 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,583 |
| 1937 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,559 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,434 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,561 |
| 1934 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,441 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,615 |
| 1932 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,447 |
| 1931 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,943 |
| 1930 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,250 |
| 1929 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1928 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,495 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,493 |
| 1926 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,226 |
| 1925 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,370 |
| 1924 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,274 |
| 1923 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1922 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,567 |
| 1921 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,404 |
| 1920 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1919 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1918 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,391 |
| 1917 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,461 |
| 1916 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,327 |
| 1915 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,333 |
| 1914 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,518 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,872 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,473 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,478 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,445 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,037 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,210 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,145 |