Ercell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Ercell

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Ercell between 1891 and 1942, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ercell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Ercell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 125 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ercell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ercell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ercell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ercell 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 257 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.