Anselmo
Anselmo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199041 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1907
- 2,742people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,742 boys have been named Anselmo in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 41 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1950s alone account for 11%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Anselmo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 127 | |
| 1920s | 267 | |
| 1930s | 248 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 299 | |
| 1960s | 250 | |
| 1970s | 272 | |
| 1980s | 274 | |
| 1990s | 299 | |
| 2000s | 278 | |
| 2010s | 143 | |
| 2020s | 65 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Anselmo was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Anselmo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Faustinopeak 1991
- Porfiriopeak 1921
- Sabinopeak 2001
- Rosaliopeak 1994
- Ciprianopeak 1930
- Candelariopeak 1929
- Venturapeak 1938
- Evaristopeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.