Anselmo — #5061 US boys' name
2,742 babies named Anselmo in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
11% of everyone ever named Anselmo was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Anselmo in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anselmo
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,742 babies named Anselmo between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anselmo currently holds the #5061 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anselmo performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 299 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Anselmo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,091 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Anselmo in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anselmo 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 2,742 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.
Anselmo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anselmo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1907
- Peak year (1990)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
Currently ranks #5061 among boys.
2,742 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 41 births in a single year.
Anselmo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 299 births that decade — 11% of Anselmo's all-time total
Anselmo decade highlights
- Peak decade 299 births
- Runner-up 299 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Anselmo's strongest decade
299 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 11% of all-time use.
Anselmo by state
Where Anselmo concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,091 | 39.8% |
| #2 | California | | 345 | 12.6% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 55 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
1,091 of 2,742 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 39.8% of nationwide
- California 12.6% of nationwide
- New Mexico 2.0% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 39.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1907–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.