Ercia — girls' name
80 babies named Ercia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
84% of everyone ever named Ercia was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ercia in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ercia
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Ercia between 1975 and 1989, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ercia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ercia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ercia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ercia 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 80 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.
Ercia at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ercia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1975
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
80 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 11 births in a single year.
Ercia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 67 births that decade — 84% of Ercia's all-time total
Ercia decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ercia's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% 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, 1975–1989 (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.