How Many People Are Named Ansel?
people named Ansel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 96,440 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,811 babies named Ansel in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
186 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the given name ANSELM. A famous bearer was American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ansel (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ansel alive today is about 20 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ansel first appears in the records in 1882, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 186 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ansel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #540, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #1,138.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,138 |
| Best rank | #540 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,415 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ansel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ansel were born in California than in any other state: about 571 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ansel was given 10.3 times as often in South Carolina, 3.8 times in Colorado and 2.7 times in California.
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