How Many People Are Named Ancil?
people named Ancil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,081,597 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,099 babies named Ancil in Social Security records from 1888 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ancil in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ancil alive today is about 65 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ancil first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1920, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Ancil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #949, in 1901.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #949 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,503 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ancil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ancil were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 18 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ancil was given about 28.1 times as often in Kentucky.
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