Boys' name · since 1984
Ancelmo
Ancelmo has 56 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,321 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,489 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ancelmo is the #12489 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 56 recorded since 1984.
Ancelmo has 56 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12489 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #21,321 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,489 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ancelmo ranks #21,321 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,489 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,321 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,489 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ancelmo's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ancelmo compares
56 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ancelmo's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ancelmo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ancelmo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ancelmo splits its recorded history at 1999: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ancelmo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ancelmo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Ancelmo's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ancelmo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Ancelmo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ancelmo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ancelmo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.