Ancil is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ancil is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2017. Ancil first appears in 1888 and peaked in 1920 (35 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #12,370 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #12,198 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #8,938 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #8,846 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #8,280 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #7,326 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #5,957 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,567 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,036 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,313 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,575 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #4,960 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,253 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,012 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,395 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #3,860 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,605 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,157 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,242 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,791 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #2,675 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,317 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #2,711 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,088 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,633 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #2,650 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,831 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #2,498 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,518 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #1,957 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,044 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,011 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,252 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,587 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #1,942 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,117 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,886 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #1,776 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | #1,441 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | #1,580 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #1,631 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | #1,688 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,738 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,492 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,562 |
| 1937 | 20 | — | #1,529 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | #1,419 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,541 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | #1,589 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,428 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #1,929 |
| 1930 | 33 | — | #1,236 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #1,733 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,481 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,470 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,193 |
| 1925 | 29 | — | #1,361 |
| 1924 | 33 | — | #1,263 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #1,876 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,547 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #1,391 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,226 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #1,977 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | #1,374 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,443 |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,305 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | #1,307 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,495 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | #1,809 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,422 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,393 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,378 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,355 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #950 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,086 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,040 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,041 |