How Many People Are Named Ancel?
people named Ancel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,567,820 people in the US has this name
Based on 751 babies named Ancel in Social Security records from 1883 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ancel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ancel alive today is about 50 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 15 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ancel first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1919, to 25 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Ancel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #854, in 1884.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #854 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,981 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ancel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ancel were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 1 of those alive today.
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