Ancel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ancel

The Social Security Administration has registered 751 babies named Ancel between 1883 and 2019, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ancel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ancel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Ancel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Ancel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ancel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 751 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.