Ersel
The Story of Ersel
As a girl name
Ersel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1911, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 10 births, good for #3,005 nationwide. About 47% of every Ersel on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ersel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1943, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 88 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ersel on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 13 Ersels were born — ranking #2,152 that year. About 36% of every Ersel on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ersel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1953, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 264 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 Ersel
Ersel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 264 births in the dataset. Ersel's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Ersel'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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