Ersel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ersel

The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Ersel between 1913 and 1953, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ersel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Ersel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 88 additional births since 1911.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ersel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ersel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ersel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ersel 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 264 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.