Anselm
Boy · Germanic
Anselm is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “god”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Anselm mean?
Germanic
“god”
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anselm a girl's or a boy's name?
Anselm is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anselm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Anselm, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Anselm in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anselm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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