Ercel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Ercel

The Social Security Administration has registered 186 babies named Ercel between 1906 and 1941, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ercel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Ercel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 156 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ercel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ercel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ercel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 186 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.