Girls' name · since 1893
Ersie
415 babies named Ersie in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ersie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 415 recorded since 1893.
Ersie has 415 recorded births among girls since 1893, 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 1893 to 1948.
- #13,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 415 born since 1893
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ersie ranks #13,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 415 born since 1893, peaking in the 1920s.
- #13,227 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1893
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ersie's 415 recorded births place it above 81.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Ersie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ersie's full recorded timeline at 1922, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1893, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1914 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ersie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–1948
- Peak year (1914)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Ersie popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1920 (Ersie as boys' name)
Ersie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (136 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Ersie's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ersie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 46
1900s
46 births
- 1910s
1910s
129 births
- 1920s
1920s
136 births
- 1930s
1930s
71 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 136 births (33% of all-time use).
Ersie by state
Where Ersie concentrates geographically, total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 38 | 9.2% |
38 of 415 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ersie's data
- Ersie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Ersies (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ersie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1893–1948 (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 Ersie 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.