girls:
11.5k births since 1960
#1463 (74th percentile)
boys:
290 births since 1913
#4296 (6th percentile)
overall:
11.8k births since 1913
#2422 (69th percentile)
The name Ansley is the #2,422 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,818 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 68.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,463 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 11,528 births since 1960. For boys, it ranks #4,296 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 290 births since 1913.
Ansley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1960 for girls). Birth data for Ansley is available in 79 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 47 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ansley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1960, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1913 to 1959), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.4% girls from 1960 to 2023).
For girls, Ansley reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 45.0% percentile (ranked #517) with 243 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 243 births per million (ranked 45.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ansley ranks #741 for girls (21.8% percentile) with 121 births per million, which is 49.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ansley reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ansley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ansley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Ansley is pronounced as A-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AN-slee, at 46.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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