girls:
61 births since 1913
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
53 births since 1915
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
114 births since 1913
#7625 (1st percentile)
The name Ermel is the #7,625 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 114 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1915.
Ermel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Ermel is available in 16 out of the 40 years between 1913 and 1952 (9 years for girls and 8 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 Ermel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1952, 100.0% of babies named Ermel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1926, the name was more popular for girls (63.2% girls from 1913 to 1925), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (65.8% boys from 1926 to 1952).
For girls, Ermel reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #477) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 12 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1932.
For boys, Ermel reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #500) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1952.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ermel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ermel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Ermel is pronounced as ER-muhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ER-mehl, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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