Unisex name · since 1915
Earsel
145 babies named Earsel in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Earsel is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 145 have been recorded since 1915.
Earsel has 145 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1951.
- #14,970 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earsel ranks #14,970 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Earsel's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Earsel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Earsel splits its recorded history at 1930: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Earsel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1951
- Peak year (1927)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Earsel popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 1917 (Earsel as girls' name)
Earsel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (58 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Earsel's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Earsel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 58 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Earsel's data
- Earsel's decade-level peak was the 1920s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Earsel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Earsel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.