Anselmo vs Ansh
American parents have registered 2,748 Anselmos since 1880, against 2,244 Anshes. But in 2025 it was Ansh that was commoner, 69 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Anselmo Ansh
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 116 years in which either name was published, Anselmo for 92 years and Ansh for 24 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Anselmo | Ansh | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,748 | 2,244 |
| Most in one year | 41 | 138 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 69 |
| Estimated living today | 1,800 | 2,200 |
| Median age today | 41 | 11 |
| Peak year | 1990 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 1,870th boys | 1,273rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 10,695th | 2,108th |
| First recorded | 1907 | 1998 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 2,748 | 0 / 2,244 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Anselmos alive today are over 41; half the Anshes are over 11. That is 30 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Anselmo Texas (9.3×), New Mexico (6.7×), California (2.3×)
- Ansh New Jersey (8.4×), California (2.7×), Illinois (2.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Anselmo and Ansh.