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.

Ansel

#1,784 most common boys' name of all time · #4,318 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,784
Rank overall
#4,318 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
4,811
Since 2016
1,592
Peak year
2025 #1,138
Best rank
#569 1893
Girls Boys peak 186/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ansel first appears in 1882. 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
2025 — 186 186 #1,138
2024 — 153 153 #1,287
2023 — 166 166 #1,203
2022 — 146 146 #1,301
2021 — 157 157 #1,227
2020 — 163 163 #1,178
2019 — 137 137 #1,327
2018 — 171 171 #1,129
2017 — 148 148 #1,236
2016 5 160 165 #1,186
2015 — 158 158 #1,174
2014 — 109 109 #1,486
2013 — 102 102 #1,548
2012 — 69 69 #2,017
2011 — 75 75 #1,869
2010 — 75 75 #1,899
2009 — 51 51 #2,488
2008 — 63 63 #2,141
2007 — 62 62 #2,167
2006 — 49 49 #2,478
2005 — 70 70 #1,840
2004 — 50 50 #2,285
2003 — 45 45 #2,350
2002 — 38 38 #2,564
2001 — 28 28 #3,153
2000 — 27 27 #3,154
1999 — 28 28 #2,949
1998 — 22 22 #3,402
1997 — 28 28 #2,755
1996 — 19 19 #3,558
1995 — 28 28 #2,635
1994 — 26 26 #2,772
1993 — 29 29 #2,524
1992 — 21 21 #3,113
1991 — 28 28 #2,479
1990 — 21 21 #2,964
1989 — 23 23 #2,702
1988 — 24 24 #2,446
1987 — 21 21 #2,571
1986 — 16 16 #3,015
1985 — 22 22 #2,366
1984 — 16 16 #2,842
1983 — 18 18 #2,595
1982 — 12 12 #3,495
1981 — 17 17 #2,696
1980 — 19 19 #2,552
1979 — 13 13 #3,192
1978 — 22 22 #2,148
1977 — 25 25 #1,962
1976 — 18 18 #2,434
1975 — 9 9 #3,687
1974 — 8 8 #3,871
1973 — 18 18 #2,233
1972 — 11 11 #3,008
1971 — 14 14 #2,577
1970 — 22 22 #1,898
1969 — 14 14 #2,324
1968 — 12 12 #2,465
1967 — 11 11 #2,494
1966 — 11 11 #2,493
1965 — 18 18 #1,868
1964 — 6 6 #3,649
1963 — 14 14 #2,228
1962 — 17 17 #1,979
1961 — 11 11 #2,571
1960 — 10 10 #2,722
1959 — 13 13 #2,316
1958 — 15 15 #2,113
1957 — 15 15 #2,115
1956 — 16 16 #2,031
1955 — 19 19 #1,804
1954 — 20 20 #1,720
1953 — 14 14 #2,110
1952 — 22 22 #1,630
1951 — 20 20 #1,692
1950 — 16 16 #1,893
1949 — 21 21 #1,629
1948 — 21 21 #1,620
1947 — 17 17 #1,861
1946 — 12 12 #2,168
1945 — 20 20 #1,511
1944 — 25 25 #1,342
1943 — 32 32 #1,222
1942 — 13 13 #2,064
1941 — 20 20 #1,551
1940 — 22 22 #1,447
1939 — 12 12 #2,076
1938 — 22 22 #1,450
1937 — 20 20 #1,549
1936 — 21 21 #1,474
1935 — 19 19 #1,606
1934 — 31 31 #1,199
1933 — 31 31 #1,191
1932 — 21 21 #1,560
1931 — 24 24 #1,442
1930 — 37 37 #1,162
1929 — 24 24 #1,496
1928 — 37 37 #1,176
1927 — 33 33 #1,274
1926 — 35 35 #1,228
1925 — 44 44 #1,045
1924 — 40 40 #1,138
1923 — 51 51 #972
1922 — 47 47 #1,033
1921 — 40 40 #1,126
1920 — 36 36 #1,213
1919 — 46 46 #1,006
1918 5 31 36 #1,265
1917 — 39 39 #1,070
1916 — 49 49 #905
1915 — 42 42 #970
1914 — 30 30 #1,035
1913 — 32 32 #862
1912 — 22 22 #986
1911 — 8 8 #1,320
1910 — 8 8 #1,256
1909 — 9 9 #1,055
1908 — 6 6 #1,276
1906 — 9 9 #897
1905 — 6 6 #1,170
1902 — 5 5 #1,221
1900 — 5 5 #1,388
1897 — 5 5 #1,150
1895 — 9 9 #789
1894 — 7 7 #919
1893 — 13 13 #569
1892 — 5 5 #1,168
1891 — 8 8 #758
1890 — 6 6 #959
1889 — 6 6 #942
1888 — 5 5 #1,112
1886 — 7 7 #828
1882 — 5 5 #1,028