Anselmo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ahn-SEL-moh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Anselmo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “divine helmet, protection”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Anselmo mean?
Germanic: Italian and Spanish form of Anselm
“divine helmet, protection”
Form of Anselm, after Saint Anselm, the Italian-born Archbishop of Canterbury and philosopher.
Is Anselmo a girl's or a boy's name?
Anselmo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anselmo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Anselmo, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
2025 had fewer boys named Anselmo than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Anselmo in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anselmo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 35 | #1,190 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Nicknames for Anselmo
- Selmo
Names like Anselmo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armando Angelo Alberto Alfonso Roberto Arturo Alvaro Ricardo Alfredo Mario Fernando Aldo
Names related to Anselmo
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anselmo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anselmo, updated 20 October 2026.