Ersell — girls' name
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.
55% of everyone ever named Ersell was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ersell in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ersell
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Ersell between 1926 and 1937, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ersell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ersell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ersell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ersell 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 11 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.
Ersell at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ersell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1926
- Peak year (1937)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
11 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 6 births in a single year.
Ersell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Ersell's all-time total
Ersell decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ersell's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.