Girls' name · since 1926
Ersell
11 babies named Ersell in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #53,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ersell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1926.
Ersell has 11 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1937.
- #53,071 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1926
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ersell ranks #53,071 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1926, peaking in the 1930s.
- #53,071 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ersell's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ersell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ersell's SSA record in two at 1937 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1937 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ersell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1937
- Peak year (1937)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Ersell by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1930s was Ersell's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ersell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ersell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1926–1937 (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 Ersell 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.