Girls' name · since 1975
Ercia
Ercia has 80 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ercia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 80 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Ercia recorded 80 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1989.
- #29,597 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ercia ranks #29,597 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ercia's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ercia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ercia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ercia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1989
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Ercia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (67 births, 84% of the file).
1980s was Ercia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Ercia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 67 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ercia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1975–1989 (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 Ercia 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.