Ansil
Meprobamate—marketed as Miltown by Wallace Laboratories and Equanil by Wyeth, among others—is a carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug. It was the best-selling minor tranquilizer for a time, but has largely been replaced by the benzodiazepines due to their wider therapeutic index and lower incidence of serious side effects.
Meaning & Origin of Ansil
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Meprobamate—marketed as Miltown by Wallace Laboratories and Equanil by Wyeth, among others—is a carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug. It was the best-selling minor tranquilizer for a time, but has largely been replaced by the benzodiazepines due to their wider therapeutic index and lower incidence of serious side effects.
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Origin & history
The Story of Ansil
The earliest SSA record of Ansil as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 7 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ansil — #3,082 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Ansil on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ansil last appeared in the published SSA data in 1936, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Ansil
Ansil is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Ansil's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,082. Use the chart and map above to compare Ansil's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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