Is Ancel a boy or girl name?

Ancel is a boy’s name. Of the 751 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Ancel

Recorded 1883–2019 · United States

Ancel was most popular in 1919, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,910 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 751 people named Ancel.

Ancel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ancel’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ancel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ancel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 751 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org