Mansel

Boys' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Mansel has been given to 280 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Mansel, 1964

1 in 555,000

Mansel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mansel: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Mansel means

Mansel is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mansel is used in English (Rare).

The naming story behind Mansel

Mansel is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 280 boys were recorded with the name Mansel between 1913 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,909 in 1916.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Mansel?

Mansel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1964, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1964: 1 in 555,000; 7 of 3,887,460 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1964: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 384,941 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mansel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1964 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 384,941 children born in 1964 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mansel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mansels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mansel was born before 1926 — so the typical Mansel is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Mansel 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (18)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,909; 1916

Spellings of Mansel

Mansel is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 77.2% against Mansel's 0.01%.

Daniel77.2%1,982,812
Angel10.4%265,886
Manuel7.5%191,584
Emanuel2.1%54,756
Marcel0.78%20,131
Ansel0.19%4,801
Markel0.18%4,708
Yandel0.15%3,739

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.

Mansel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,909; 1916
Peak year: 1924; 18 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1964
All-time count: 280
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mansel

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

Mansur Manoah Manvir Manraj Manvik Mannix Mansa Manas Manveer Mansoor Manases Mansour Bassel Mancel Manolo Marsel Manav Manish Manjot Mandel Mandell Mang Manan Mandeep

Sibling names for Mansel

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

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick Hosea

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