Ercilia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ercilia

The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Ercilia between 1919 and 1993, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ercilia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ercilia performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ercilia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ercilia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ercilia 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 172 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.