Ancel

Boy · recorded 1883–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1884best year

Most popular in 1884.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ancel.

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

0265218831917195119852019

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 72 recorded years as a table
Ancel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188348
188452
188546
189744
190447
190545
190734
191219
191316
191434
191526
191618
191724
191822
191926
192016
192113
192219
192319
192412
192518
192612
192713
192817
192912
193011
193119
193213
193312
19349
193514
19369
19379
193810
19396
194011
194113
19429
19435
194410
19466
19477
19483
19495
19506
19513
19534
19543
19563
19572
19583
19604
19613
19622
19665
19683
19723
19764
19813
19923
19983
20003
20074
20083
20104
20114
20124
20143
20163
20173
20183
20196

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ancel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
10
Rank in 2019
#7,643
How rare
1 in 179,421 boys
Since 1883
751

Ancel was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 52 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ancel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.