Ersel
Masculine
Ersel is given to both — 264 boys and 88 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Ersel entered the US charts in 1913, peaked at #2152 in 1916, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Ersel?
Ersel first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Ersel alive today was born around 1926, making them about 99 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Ersel are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Ersel most popular?
Ersel peaked in 1916, reaching #2152 nationally. See the whole 1916 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 191613 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2152reached in 1916
- Change vs 1951
- +40.0%7 in 1953, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ersels among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Ersel are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Ersel sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Ersels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Ersel are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Ersel in 2025?
- Ersel is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Ersel with classmates?
- Ersel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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