Anslee

#3,836 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly hermitage + woodland clearing, glade, through Ansley

Anslee has been given to 1,402 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #3,836 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 95 recorded.

Babies named Anslee, 2025

1 in 87,200

Anslee over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anslee: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly hermitage + woodland clearing, glade, through Ansley

surname transfer

What Anslee means

Anslee belongs to the name family reached through Anslee → Ansley. Its meaning is “hermitage + woodland clearing, glade”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Modern spelling variant of Ansley. Possibly of Scottish origin, related to Ainsley.

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Origin, language, and formation

Anslee is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Anslee is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ansley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,402 girls were recorded with the name Anslee between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 95 in 2014; its best national rank was #2,052 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,402 in 2020 to #3,836 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,355 in 2015 to #3,836 in 2025.

How common is Anslee?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 87,200; 38 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 42,300; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #3,836; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 60,472 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Anslee sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 60,472 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anslee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anslees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anslee was born before 2013 — so the typical Anslee is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 49.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 90.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,402; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 49.4% of all recorded uses (692).

Is Anslee rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,475; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −434; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,481; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.49×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 40.0%; Peak was 2014 (95)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,052; 2014

Spellings of Anslee

Anslee is not the most common spelling — Ashlee is, with 29.6% against Anslee's 0.95%.

Ashlee29.6%43,533
Ainsley13.9%20,470
Ansley8.1%11,878
Paislee7.6%11,255
Annalee5.3%7,871
Kinslee3.6%5,342
Leslee3.3%4,905
Adalee3.2%4,731

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Anslee is used

Across 2016–2025, Anslee was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 20,569 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Alabama1 in 5,556
2Georgia1 in 6,250
3Tennessee1 in 7,692
4South Carolina1 in 14,286
5Kentucky1 in 33,333
6Florida1 in 50,000
7North Carolina1 in 50,000
8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Anslee by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #3,836
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 434
Best rank ever: #2,052; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 95 that year
First recorded: 1988
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,402
Count in 2025: 38

Names similar to Anslee

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hallee Brilee Azalee Keylee Maelee Evalee Avalee Cailee Lillee Finlee Raelee Khylee Onalee Ansleigh Lynlee Taylee Rynlee Analee Kenlee Shylee Callee Jailee Rhylee Kallee

Sibling names for Anslee

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kendyl Karleigh Leigha Cailyn Elin Jordynn Jaidyn Jaylen

For a brother

Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Caesar Hamilton Gavyn Jamarcus Tyshawn

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