Ermias

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2019 · 523 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,245
since 1999

Ermias over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ermias has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #540, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,145184
2024—#986228
2023—#932243
2022—#890265
2021—#816296
2020—#645415
2019#13,7996#540523
2018—#5,77015
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2016—#8,1469
2015—#8,0409
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2013—#12,1365
2012—#10,7706
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five boys were named Ermias! It came in at #9,912, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2003, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ermias is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedNHWashington: #843 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,678 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #594 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,272 boysMNIllinois: #515 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,876 boysILWisconsin: #564 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,136 boysWIMichigan: #638 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,003 boysMINew York: #413 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 2,282 boysNYMassachusetts: #583 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,019 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedORNevada: #344 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,427 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedIAIndiana: #811 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,618 boysINOhio: #595 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,771 boysOHPennsylvania: #434 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,429 boysPANew Jersey: #571 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,614 boysNJConnecticut: #355 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,890 boysCTCalifornia: #415 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 2,418 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedUTColorado: #547 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,869 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedNEMissouri: #752 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,961 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedWVVirginia: #420 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,194 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedDEArizona: #418 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,090 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedARTennessee: #759 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,029 boysTNNorth Carolina: #428 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,279 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 748 boysDCOklahoma: #534 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,637 boysOKLouisiana: #587 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,825 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedMSAlabama: #643 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,774 boysALGeorgia: #400 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,998 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ermias, so not publishedHITexas: #459 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 2,567 boysTXFlorida: #626 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 4,120 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#220 · 1 in 748
  2. Nevada#344 · 1 in 1,427
  3. Connecticut#355 · 1 in 1,890
  4. Georgia#400 · 1 in 1,998
  5. New York#413 · 1 in 2,282

Best ever in a state: #220 in District of Columbia, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#22051 in 748
Nevada#34491 in 1,427
Connecticut#35571 in 1,890
Georgia#400261 in 1,998
New York#413411 in 2,282
California#415841 in 2,418
Arizona#418161 in 2,090
Virginia#420181 in 2,194
North Carolina#428221 in 2,279
Pennsylvania#434231 in 2,429
Texas#459681 in 2,567
Illinois#515201 in 2,876
Oklahoma#53471 in 2,637
Colorado#54791 in 2,869
Wisconsin#56481 in 3,136
New Jersey#571111 in 3,614
Massachusetts#58371 in 4,019
Louisiana#58781 in 2,825
Minnesota#59481 in 3,272
Ohio#595151 in 3,771
Florida#626231 in 4,120
Michigan#638111 in 4,003
Alabama#64361 in 3,774
Missouri#75261 in 4,961
Tennessee#75971 in 5,029
Indiana#81161 in 5,618
Washington#84361 in 5,678
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See more about Ermias
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#986 → #1,145)
  • 500 spots since 2020 (#645 → #1,145)
  • 6,895 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #1,145)
  • Biggest jump: 5,230 spots in 2019 (#5,770 → #540)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2021 (#645 → #816)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2019 at #540 (523 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2019–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,431
  • Highest: 1 in 3,431 boys born in 2019 were named Ermias (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,283 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 72.7% of all boys named Ermias (1,631) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s5#9,912 (1999)#9,912
2000s33#8,927 (2004)#10,482
2010s576#540 (2019)#7,647
2020s1,631#645 (2020)#902

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ermias in 2019

girls
#13,799
6 births · 1 in 279,728 girls
boys
#540
523 births · 1 in 3,431 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #13,799Ermias6

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #540Ermias523
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 279,728 of them was named Ermias, which outranked 23.4% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ermias
  1. #12,448Zyleah7
  2. #12,448Zyleigh7
  3. #12,448Zyrie7
  4. #13,799Ermias6
  5. #13,799Aabha6
  6. #13,799Aabriella6
  7. #13,799Aadrika6
  8. #15,539Aaditri5
  9. #15,539Aadiya5
  10. #15,539Aaila5

Tied with 1,739 names at #13,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 3,431 of them was named Ermias, which outranked 96.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ermias
  1. #535Ryland530
  2. #538Davis529
  3. #539Zain526
  4. #540Ermias523
  5. #541Duke522
  6. #542Jaime521
  7. #543Alec518
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →