Anselma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Anselma

The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Anselma between 1916 and 1999, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anselma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anselma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Anselma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anselma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anselma 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 189 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.