Ancil

Boy · recorded 1888–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Ancil, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188841
189345
189543
190156
190734
190832
191131
191228
191320
191426
191531
191630
191726
191827
191916
192033
192126
192222
192316
192429
192526
192613
192723
192823
192918
193030
193114
193223
193319
193422
193519
193621
193719
193817
193918
194014
194114
194214
194314
194416
194511
19469
194712
19487
19498
19505
19516
19528
19538
19548
19553
19565
19574
19585
19593
19604
19615
19623
19635
19665
19674
19683
19694
19704
19713
19723
19743
19764
19784
19813
19824
19853
19863
19883
19912
19943
19953
20153
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ancil isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#12,246
How rare
1 in 370,191 boys
Since 1888
1,099

Ancil was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 56 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ancil doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.