Girls' name · since 1907
Ercelle
Since 1907, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Ercelle, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ercelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 84 have been recorded since 1907.
Ercelle has 84 recorded births among girls since 1907, 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 1907 to 1939.
- #29,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ercelle ranks #29,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ercelle's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ercelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ercelle splits its recorded history at 1924: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ercelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1939
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ercelle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (37 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Ercelle's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ercelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
30 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 37 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Ercelle's decade-level peak was the 1920s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1930s -- 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 Ercelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1907–1939 (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 Ercelle 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.