Ersel

Boy · recorded 1913–1953

  • 1953last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 1953. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ersel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Ersel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191314
191411
191513
191615
191713
191811
191913
192010
19218
19226
192311
19248
19256
19268
19279
19287
192912
19307
19328
19336
19347
193510
19365
19376
19385
19404
19444
19455
19473
19493
19513
19534

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ersel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1953
7
Rank in 1953
#3,143
How rare
1 in 281,757 boys
Since 1913
264

Ersel was last recorded in 1953. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ersel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.