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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ansel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ansel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ansel” 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 “Ansel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ansel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ansel” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 32 0.000028142 32 -100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 -100%
1915 42 0.00002292 42 -100%
1916 49 0.000025331 49 -100%
1917 39 0.000019434 39 -100%
1918 36 0.000016581 5 31 -72%
1919 46 0.000021798 46 -100%
1920 36 0.000015911 36 -100%
1921 40 0.000017134 40 -100%
1922 47 0.000020532 47 -100%
1923 51 0.00002215 51 -100%
1924 40 0.000016795 40 -100%
1925 44 0.000018857 44 -100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 33 0.000014228 33 -100%
1928 37 0.000016365 37 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 -100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 -100%
1931 24 0.000011405 24 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 -100%
1934 31 0.000014927 31 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 22 0.000009554 22 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 14 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 19 0.000004732 19 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 -100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 18 0.000004965 18 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 22 0.0000061 22 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 22 0.000006164 22 -100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 21 0.000005313 21 -100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 29 0.000007692 29 -100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 19 0.000005209 19 -100%
1997 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 -100%
1999 28 0.00000758 28 -100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 -100%
2001 28 0.00000748 28 -100%
2002 38 0.000010165 38 -100%
2003 45 0.000011835 45 -100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 -100%
2005 70 0.000018206 70 -100%
2006 49 0.000012386 49 -100%
2007 62 0.000015509 62 -100%
2008 63 0.000016028 63 -100%
2009 51 0.00001335 51 -100%
2010 75 0.000020294 75 -100%
2011 75 0.000020504 75 -100%
2012 69 0.000018866 69 -100%
2013 102 0.000027978 102 -100%
2014 109 0.000029409 109 -100%
2015 158 0.000042692 158 -100%
2016 165 0.000044975 5 160 -94%
2017 148 0.000041385 148 -100%
2018 171 0.000048636 171 -100%
2019 137 0.000039471 137 -100%
2020 163 0.000048794 163 -100%
2021 157 0.000046341 157 -100%
2022 146 0.000043155 146 -100%
2023 166 0.000050133 166 -100%
2024 152 0.000045666 152 -100%

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