NameTides

Ansel

Ansel was the #1,138 boys' name in the US in 2025 (186 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Ansel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ansel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ansel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,138 (186)#2,014 (12)#1,944 (10)
2024#1,286 (153)#1,595 (16)#1,353 (16)
2023#1,203 (166)#3,113 (6)#1,810 (10)
2022#1,300 (146)#2,166 (10)#2,493 (6)
2021#1,225 (157)#2,730 (7)#2,260 (7)
2020#1,177 (163)#2,404 (8)#2,197 (7)
2019#1,327 (137)#3,937 (4)#2,440 (6)
2018#1,128 (171)#3,959 (4)#1,836 (9)
2017#1,236 (148)#3,040 (6)#1,720 (10)
2016#1,183 (160)#3,079 (6)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,174 (158)#2,707 (7)#1,816 (9)
2014#1,485 (109)#3,362 (5)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,546 (102)#2,216 (9)—
2012#2,016 (69)#4,805 (3)—
2011#1,866 (75)#3,830 (4)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1893 at #538.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ansel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ansel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Ansel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnselCanadaBoys#1,94410
AnselEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
AnselUSGirls—too few
AnselUSBoys#1,138186