Ersel vs Erskine
American parents have registered 1,996 Erskines since 1880, against 352 Ersels. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ersel Erskine
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 96 years in which either name was published, Erskine for 92 years and Ersel for 4 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.
Side by side
| Ersel | Erskine | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 352 | 1,996 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 48 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 30 | 950 |
| Median age today | 80 | 60 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1947 |
| Best rank | 2,152nd boys | 1,036th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1911 | 1898 |
| Girls / boys | 88 / 264 | 0 / 1,996 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Ersels alive today are over 80; half the Erskines are over 60. That is 20 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ersel and Erskine.