girls:
186 births since 1906
#5530 (3rd percentile)
boys:
156 births since 1914
#4430 (3rd percentile)
overall:
342 births since 1906
#7397 (4th percentile)
The name Ercel is the #7,397 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 342 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,530 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 186 births since 1906. For boys, it ranks #4,430 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 156 births since 1914.
Ercel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (1906 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Ercel is available in 32 out of the 49 years between 1906 and 1954 (23 years for girls and 21 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ercel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1954, 100.0% of babies named Ercel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1931, the name was more popular for girls (61.8% girls from 1906 to 1930), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.0% boys from 1931 to 1954).
For girls, Ercel reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #597) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 21 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1941.
For boys, Ercel reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #531) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1954.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ercel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ercel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Ercel is pronounced as ER-suhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is er-SEHL, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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