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Ansley

#1,309 in 2025Girls' name

Hermitage + woodland clearing, glade

Ansley has been given to 12,168 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #1,309 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 470 recorded.

Babies named Ansley, 2025

1 in 19,500

Ansley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ansley: meaning, origin, and history

Hermitage + woodland clearing, glade

surname transfer

What Ansley means

Ansley means “hermitage + woodland clearing, glade”, associated with ānsetl and lēah.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ansley (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

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

Ansley comes through Old English ānsetl.

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

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,878 girls were recorded with the name Ansley between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 470 in 2011; its best national rank was #616 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #953 in 2020 to #1,309 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #618 in 2015 to #1,309 in 2025.

In the United States, 290 boys were recorded with the name Ansley between 1913 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1973; its best national rank was #2,834 in 1913.

How common is Ansley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,500
170 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 9,450
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,309
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,518 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ansley 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,518 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ansley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ansleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ansley was born before 2008 — so the typical Ansley is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
75.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,878
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.3% of all recorded uses (4,080).

Is Ansley 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
+9
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−356
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−691
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.2%
Peak was 2011 (470)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
7.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#616
2011

Spellings of Ansley

Ansley is not the most common spelling — Ashley is, with 77.9% against Ansley's 1.1%.

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 Ansley is used

Across 2016–2025, Ansley was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 847 girls, against 1 in 4,632 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

1118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 847
  2. 2Alabama1 in 926
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 943
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 1,515
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 1,639
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 1,852
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 2,041
  8. 8Florida1 in 3,333

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.

Ansley around the world

Where Ansley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    2016–2017
    #4,826
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    2003–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ansley

People whose public names include Ansley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ansley by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,309
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 356
Best rank ever
#616
2011
Peak year
2011
470 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,878
Count in 2025
170

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,834
1913
Peak year
1973
9 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
290
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ansley

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

OakleyKayleyCarleyKarleyKenleyKinleyTenleyHenleyKeeleyBrileyFinleyCharleyKaileyBrinleyAnsleeKaleyHarleyHolleyMarleyMileyKensleyLesleyHalleyCailey

Names with a curve like Ansley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ansley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ArelyKaylynnMiyaJayleneJayceeMyahAliyaSkylaZoiePalomaAiyanaNathaly

Sibling names for Ansley

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

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