Boys' name · since 1977
Ansen
283 babies named Ansen in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,933 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,846 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 283
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
283 babies have been named Ansen since 1977, making it today's #7846 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ansen recorded 283 times among boys since 1977, holding rank #7846 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #10,933 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,846 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 283 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ansen ranks #10,933 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,846 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 283 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,933 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,846 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 283
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ansen's 283 recorded births place it above 75.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ansen compares
283 44th 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
Ansen's all-time total is 23% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ansen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 283 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ansen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ansen's full recorded timeline at 2012, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ansen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Ansen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Ansen's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ansen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Ansen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ansen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Ansen 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.