Ercelle — girls' name
84 babies named Ercelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Ercelle was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Ercelle in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ercelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Ercelle between 1907 and 1939, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ercelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ercelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ercelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ercelle 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 84 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.
Ercelle at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ercelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1907
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
84 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 14 births in a single year.
Ercelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 37 births that decade — 44% of Ercelle's all-time total
Ercelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ercelle's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1907–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.