Girls' name · since 1904
Ercie
108 babies named Ercie in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1909. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1904
- 1910s
- peak decade
108 girls have been named Ercie since 1904, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ercie has been recorded 108 times among girls since 1904, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 1934.
- #26,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1904
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ercie ranks #26,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1904, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1904
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ercie's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ercie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ercie's SSA record in two at 1919 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1904, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1909 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ercie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–1934
- Peak year (1909)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1934.
108 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1909 with 10 births in a single year.
Ercie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (44 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Ercie's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Ercie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
22 births
- 1910s
1910s
44 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 44 births (41% of all-time use).
Ercie decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Ercie's data
- Ercie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ercie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1909)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1904–1934 (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 Ercie 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.
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