Girls' name · since 1904
Ersa
69 babies named Ersa in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Ersa since 1904, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ersa has 69 recorded births among girls since 1904, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 1934.
- #31,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1904
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ersa ranks #31,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1904, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ersa's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ersa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ersa splits its recorded history at 1921: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1904 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ersa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–1934
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ersa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (35 births, 51% of the file).
1920s was Ersa's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ersa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 35 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Ersa's decade-level peak was the 1920s (35 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ersa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
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 Ersa 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.