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How popular is “Ancel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ancel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ancel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ancel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ancel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ancel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ancel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ancel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 22 0.000015533 22 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 15 0.000006467 15 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1981 6 0.000001734 6 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%

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