Ancil — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ancil

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,099 babies named Ancil between 1888 and 2017, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ancil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ancil performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ancil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ancil in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ancil 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 1,099 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.