girls:
88 births since 1911
#5628 (2nd percentile)
boys:
264 births since 1913
#4322 (6th percentile)
overall:
352 births since 1911
#7387 (5th percentile)
The name Ersel is the #7,387 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 352 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,322 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 264 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,628 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1911.
Ersel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for girls and 1913 for boys). Birth data for Ersel is available in 34 out of the 43 years between 1911 and 1953 (32 years for boys and 13 years for girls). 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 Ersel has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.0% of all recorded births being male. In 1953, 100.0% of babies named Ersel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1914, the name was more popular for girls (53.3% girls from 1911 to 1913), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.3% boys from 1914 to 1953).
For boys, Ersel reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #494) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1953.
For girls, Ersel reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #589) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 18 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1943.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ersel".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ersel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Ersel is pronounced as ER-suhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is er-SUHL, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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