Ersie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ersie

The Social Security Administration has registered 415 babies named Ersie between 1893 and 1948, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ersie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ersie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ersie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ersie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ersie 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 415 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.