Ancil

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Ancil first appears in the U.S. data in 1888 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1920 with 35 babies (rank #1,226 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
1,099
Total babies (all years)
79
Years in the data
35
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18885#1,041
18935#1,040
18955#1,086
19016#950
19075#1,355
19085#1,378
19117#1,393
191212#1,422
191310#1,809
191417#1,495
191526#1,307
191627#1,305
191724#1,443
191827#1,374
191916#1,977
192035#1,226
192129#1,391
192224#1,547
192318#1,876
192433#1,263
192529#1,361
192614#2,193
192726#1,470
192825#1,481
192919#1,733
193033#1,236
193115#1,929
193224#1,428
193319#1,589
193423#1,425
193520#1,541
193622#1,419
193720#1,529
193819#1,562
193920#1,492
194016#1,738
194117#1,688
194219#1,631
194320#1,580
194422#1,441
194515#1,776
194615#1,886
194722#1,601
194813#2,117
194915#1,942
19509#2,587
195112#2,252
195215#2,010
195315#2,044
195416#1,958
19556#3,518
195611#2,499
19579#2,831
195810#2,649
19596#3,632
19608#3,088
196110#2,713
19627#3,315
196310#2,677
19669#2,789
19677#3,240
19685#4,157
19697#3,605
19707#3,860
19716#4,395
19725#5,012
19745#5,253
19766#4,961
19787#4,575
19815#6,314
19827#5,036
19855#6,567
19866#5,957
19885#7,324
19915#8,281
19945#8,845
19955#8,936
20155#12,196
20175#12,366