Ansley
- Pronunciation
- [An-sley]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The Awe Inspiring One's Meadow
- Origin
- English
Ansley Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 290 baby boys have been named Ansley. The name peaked in 1973 with 9 US births that year (rank #3459).
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Quick Facts About Ansley
US Popularity History (2000–2021)
Annual US births named Ansley by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2011 with 470 girls named Ansley (girl rank #616 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2021, ranked #999 for girls (256 US births). That's 383 places below its 2011 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ansley Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ansley the strongest states are Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #221 | 515 |
| 2 | Alabama | #253 | 189 |
| 3 | South Carolina | #274 | 177 |
| 4 | Mississippi | #361 | 48 |
| 5 | Tennessee | #373 | 192 |
| 6 | Kentucky | #419 | 97 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #487 | 206 |
| 8 | Arkansas | #537 | 22 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #603 | 28 |
| 10 | Florida | #674 | 243 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | #830 | 30 |
| 2 | Ohio | #828 | 68 |
| 3 | Missouri | #795 | 33 |
| 4 | Florida | #674 | 243 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #603 | 28 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #537 | 22 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #487 | 206 |
| 8 | Kentucky | #419 | 97 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #373 | 192 |
| 10 | Mississippi | #361 | 48 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ansley in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainslee | My Meadow | Female | Scottish |
| Ainsley | Scottish/Gaelic. Named For The Place. Originally A Surname. Unisexual. Variants Include Ainslee, Ainsleigh, Ainslie, Ansley, Aynslee, Aynsley, Aynslie. | Female | Gaelic |
| Ainslie | From Ann's Meadow | Male | English |
| Ansleigh | From The Awe Inspiring One's Meadow | Male | English |
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Compare Ansley to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ansley against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).