Unisex name · since 1906
Ercel
Since 1906, U.S. Social Security records show 186 babies named Ercel, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 186
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
186 girls have been named Ercel since 1906, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ercel has 186 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1906 to 1941.
- #20,548 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 186 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ercel ranks #20,548 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 186 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 186
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ercel's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ercel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ercel's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1908, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ercel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1941
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ercel popularity over time - boys
156 total births recorded since 1914 (Ercel as boys' name)
Ercel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (83 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Ercel's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Ercel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
79 births
- 1920s
1920s
83 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 83 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ercel's data
- Ercel's decade-level peak was the 1920s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- 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 Ercel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1906–1941 (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 Ercel 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.