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A name. A world of connections.
“hermitage” + “woodland clearing, glade”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ansley is a unisex given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English ānsetl, from the components “hermitage” + “woodland clearing, glade”.
2 source accounts
Meaning: “hermitage” + “woodland clearing, glade”
From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
stang. ansetl + leah
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2025: 170 girls (rank 1309). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Ansley
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,390 | observed |
| 1961 | 6 | 5,851 | observed |
| 1962 | 7 | 5,293 | observed |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | 11 | 3,952 | observed |
| 1966 | 8 | 4,866 | observed |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,300 | observed |
| 1968 | 10 | 4,489 | observed |
| 1969 | 9 | 5,057 | observed |
| 1970 | 16 | 3,712 | observed |
| 1971 | 12 | 4,534 | observed |
| 1972 | 10 | 5,109 | observed |
| 1973 | 22 | 3,015 | observed |
| 1974 | 24 | 2,922 | observed |
| 1975 | 21 | 3,259 | observed |
| 1976 | 14 | 4,363 | observed |
| 1977 | 30 | 2,715 | observed |
| 1978 | 28 | 2,859 | observed |
| 1979 | 29 | 2,931 | observed |
| 1980 | 40 | 2,391 | observed |
| 1981 | 46 | 2,195 | observed |
| 1982 | 41 | 2,369 | observed |
| 1983 | 40 | 2,360 | observed |
| 1984 | 42 | 2,299 | observed |
| 1985 | 56 | 1,948 | observed |
| 1986 | 45 | 2,265 | observed |
| 1987 | 74 | 1,647 | observed |
| 1988 | 75 | 1,704 | observed |
| 1989 | 98 | 1,479 | observed |
| 1990 | 99 | 1,543 | observed |
| 1991 | 108 | 1,463 | observed |
| 1992 | 112 | 1,434 | observed |
| 1993 | 131 | 1,290 | observed |
| 1994 | 166 | 1,083 | observed |
| 1995 | 166 | 1,074 | observed |
| 1996 | 201 | 957 | observed |
| 1997 | 234 | 872 | observed |
| 1998 | 289 | 750 | observed |
| 1999 | 263 | 824 | observed |
| 2000 | 300 | 762 | observed |
| 2001 | 324 | 739 | observed |
| 2002 | 370 | 680 | observed |
| 2003 | 383 | 685 | observed |
| 2004 | 412 | 663 | observed |
| 2005 | 421 | 656 | observed |
| 2006 | 404 | 703 | observed |
| 2007 | 414 | 706 | observed |
| 2008 | 414 | 719 | observed |
| 2009 | 449 | 659 | observed |
| 2010 | 462 | 637 | observed |
| 2011 | 470 | 616 | observed |
| 2012 | 404 | 695 | observed |
| 2013 | 417 | 679 | observed |
| 2014 | 464 | 617 | observed |
| 2015 | 467 | 618 | observed |
| 2016 | 412 | 698 | observed |
| 2017 | 363 | 763 | observed |
| 2018 | 347 | 786 | observed |
| 2019 | 274 | 960 | observed |
| 2020 | 268 | 953 | observed |
| 2021 | 257 | 996 | observed |
| 2022 | 229 | 1,089 | observed |
| 2023 | 211 | 1,151 | observed |
| 2024 | 174 | 1,317 | observed |
| 2025 | 170 | 1,309 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Ansley” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
