Ancel is a boy name. It last appeared in U.S. Social Security records in 2019. Ancel first appears in the data in 1883 and reached its peak in 1919 (25 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 | #16,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | #25,743 |
| 2017 | 5 | #26,031 |
| 2016 | 6 | #23,286 |
| 2014 | 6 | #23,600 |
| 2012 | 7 | #21,750 |
| 2011 | 8 | #19,755 |
| 2010 | 8 | #19,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #24,721 |
| 2007 | 9 | #18,741 |
| 2000 | 6 | #20,768 |
| 1998 | 5 | #21,962 |
| 1992 | 5 | #20,083 |
| 1981 | 6 | #13,430 |
| 1976 | 6 | #12,037 |
| 1972 | 5 | #12,192 |
| 1968 | 6 | #9,130 |
| 1966 | 9 | #6,746 |
| 1962 | 5 | #9,654 |
| 1961 | 6 | #8,669 |
| 1960 | 8 | #7,200 |
| 1958 | 6 | #8,182 |
| 1957 | 5 | #9,126 |
| 1956 | 6 | #8,073 |
| 1954 | 7 | #7,167 |
| 1953 | 7 | #7,050 |
| 1951 | 6 | #7,490 |
| 1950 | 11 | #5,175 |
| 1949 | 9 | #5,747 |
| 1948 | 5 | #8,097 |
| 1947 | 12 | #4,952 |
| 1946 | 10 | #5,203 |
| 1944 | 13 | #4,218 |
| 1943 | 7 | #6,124 |
| 1942 | 12 | #4,466 |
| 1941 | 16 | #3,606 |
| 1940 | 13 | #4,000 |
| 1939 | 7 | #5,694 |
| 1938 | 11 | #4,403 |
| 1937 | 10 | #4,633 |
| 1936 | 9 | #4,871 |
| 1935 | 15 | #3,674 |
| 1934 | 9 | #5,027 |
| 1933 | 12 | #4,163 |
| 1932 | 14 | #3,937 |
| 1931 | 20 | #3,131 |
| 1930 | 12 | #4,470 |
| 1929 | 13 | #4,293 |
| 1928 | 19 | #3,489 |
| 1927 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1926 | 13 | #4,524 |
| 1925 | 20 | #3,471 |
| 1924 | 14 | #4,443 |
| 1923 | 21 | #3,431 |
| 1922 | 21 | #3,420 |
| 1921 | 14 | #4,485 |
| 1920 | 17 | #3,928 |
| 1919 | 25 | #2,926 |
| 1918 | 22 | #3,196 |
| 1917 | 22 | #3,054 |
| 1916 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1915 | 22 | #2,898 |
| 1914 | 22 | #2,508 |
| 1913 | 8 | #4,080 |
| 1912 | 8 | #3,760 |
| 1907 | 5 | #3,204 |
| 1905 | 6 | #2,676 |
| 1904 | 6 | #2,613 |
| 1897 | 5 | #2,529 |
| 1885 | 5 | #2,022 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,836 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,918 |