Ansley is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Ansley means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Ansley across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Ansley has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Ansley is a girl name of English origin meaning “clearing with a hermitage”. An English place name and surname used as a given name.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 12,168 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Ansley per year, United States (1913 to 2025). United States peaked in 2011 (477/yr).
Ansley is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2011, when it ranked #1,139 nationally (given to 477 babies that year).
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