Ursel
Ursel is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Ursel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ursel is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Ursel
As a girl name
American parents first put Ursel on the record books as a girl name in 1915, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 6 Ursels were born — ranking #3,795 that year. About 69% of every Ursel on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Ursel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1957, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ursel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 5 births, good for #3,981 nationwide. Ursel last appeared in the published SSA data in 1917, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ursel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ursel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ursel
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About the name Ursel
Ursel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Ursel's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,795. Use the chart and map above to compare Ursel'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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