Anselmo comes from the Germanic / Italian / Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning God's Helmet.
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How popular is Anselmo?
1990peak year
Anselmo first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1907. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1990, 41 babies received the name (ranked #1871). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #6251), with roughly 14 babies named Anselmo each year. Anselmo's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 2,742 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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