# Ansel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ansel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,811 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,801 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | 4,852 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,500 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,867 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,017 |
| 2013 | 102 | 1,546 |
| 2014 | 109 | 1,485 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,175 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,183 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,236 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,129 |
| 2019 | 137 | 1,327 |
| 2020 | 163 | 1,179 |
| 2021 | 157 | 1,225 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,300 |
| 2023 | 166 | 1,203 |
| 2024 | 153 | 1,286 |
| 2025 | 186 | 1,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Ansel

- Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
- Ansel Elgort, American actor, singer, DJ and record producer
- Ansel Briggs, American politician (1806-1881)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.