Girls' name · since 1947
Ersula
Since 1947, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Ersula, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Ersula since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ersula has 30 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1980.
- #40,877 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ersula ranks #40,877 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,877 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ersula's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ersula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ersula splits its recorded history at 1974: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ersula popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1980
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Ersula by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Ersula's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Ersula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Ersula's decade-level peak was the 1970s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ersula: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1947–1980 (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 Ersula 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.