How Many People Are Named Anselmo?

1,820

people named Anselmo are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 187,793 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,748 babies named Anselmo in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,161

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,655

See the top 100

Peak Year

1990

41 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Anselmo in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Anselmo alive today is about 42 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 60 in 2025.

Under 30 595
32.7%
30 to 59 763
41.9%
60 and over 462
25.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Anselmo first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1990, to 41 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Anselmo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,157, in 1932. In 2025 it ranked #10,784.

Boys
Rank in 2025#10,784
Best rank#1,157 (1932)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,418 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Anselmo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Anselmo were born in Texas than in any other state: about 661 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anselmo was given 10.2 times as often in Texas, 6.5 times in New Mexico and 2.5 times in California.

Texas 661
California 304
New York 10
New Mexico 9

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