Ermel
The Story of Ermel
As a girl name
Ermel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1913, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1913: 8 births, good for #2,331 nationwide. About 54% of every Ermel on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ermel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1932, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ermel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 8 births, good for #2,829 nationwide. About 38% of every Ermel on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ermel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1952, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 53 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ermel
Ermel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Ermel's peak popularity came in 1913 when it ranked #2,331. Use the chart and map above to compare Ermel'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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