Anselm
#9,539 most common boys' name of all time · #24,148 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#9,539
Rank overall
#24,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
304
Since 2016
83
Peak year
2016 #6,765
Best rank
#2,446 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Anselm first appears in 1912. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,285 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,966 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,973 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,812 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,271 |
| 2020 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,552 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,889 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,871 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,903 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,765 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,104 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,847 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,171 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,777 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,857 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,228 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,042 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,153 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,022 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,282 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,566 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,404 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,488 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,747 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,891 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,860 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,588 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,728 |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,198 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,353 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,862 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,370 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,507 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,960 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,461 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,081 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,774 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,322 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,649 |
| 1915 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,941 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,072 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,446 |